Sarcophagus of a Youth

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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. (231.1 × 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

Antiquities

Object Type

MUMMIES, TOMB & FUNERARY ART

ProvenancePurchased by Prince Charles-Philippe d'Orléans (1905–1970), Duc de Nemours, de Vendôme, et d'Alençon (1905–1970) and Marguerite Watson (1899–1993), Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1928; Marie-Laure de Noailles (1902–1970), Vicomtesse de Noailles, Paris, before 1970; [Jean-Luc Chalmin, London and Paris, by 1970]; purchased by [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, by 1989]; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
Exhibition HistoryOn loan to San Antonio Museum of Art from 1989–1999 (on view in museum from 1991–1999).

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