Artist
Unknown Phoenician
CulturePhoenician
Titles
- Sarcophagus of a Youth
Date500–300 BC
PlaceSidon, Lebanon, Asia
MediumParian marble
DimensionsOverall: 91 × 28 1/4 × 25 in. (231.1 × 71.4 × 63.5 cm)
.A (lid of Sarcophagus): 85 1/2 × 28 1/8 × 11 1/2 ins. (217.2 × 71.4 × 29.2 cm)
.B (Sarcophagus bottom): 91 × 28 1/4 × 14 ins. (321.1 × 71.8 × 35.6 cm)
.A (lid of Sarcophagus): 85 1/2 × 28 1/8 × 11 1/2 ins. (217.2 × 71.4 × 29.2 cm)
.B (Sarcophagus bottom): 91 × 28 1/4 × 14 ins. (321.1 × 71.8 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Lee and Joe Jamail in memory of Marie and Joseph D. Jamail, by Caroline Wiess Law and by the Merrin Gallery, Inc.
Object number2001.7.A,.B
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
104 Cullen Foundation Atrium
On view
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Department
AntiquitiesObject Type
Exhibition HistoryOn loan to San Antonio Museum of Art from 1989–1999 (on view in museum from 1991–1999).
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140–170 AD
Marble
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2006.280
