 IAA Number: 2011-69
 | Object's Name: Sarcophagus With Vegetal Decoration
Period: Middle Roman - Late Roman
Material: Lead
Site: Zur Natan
Description: Along the long sides of the sarcophagus runs a decorative strip of
grape- tendrils and above it repeated shell motif and masks. On the
narrow side
is an image of Eros standing under an aedicule- an arch supported by
two columns- holding a grape cluster in one hand and a hunter's stick
in the other. Above the arch is a shell with two masks on either side
of it.
The sarcophagus is dated to the second- third centuries CE.
Bibliography: Masarwa D. 2016. Zur Natan, Khirbat Majdal- final report. HAinternet 128: Fig. 13- 18.
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