ancientpeoples:Child’s Sarcophagus1st - 3rd Century ADRoman BritainMarble sarcophagus for a ch
ancientpeoples:Child’s Sarcophagus1st - 3rd Century ADRoman BritainMarble sarcophagus for a child decorated with Bacchic thiasos; the slab of the lid is modern, but not the figure of the Silenus, which, however, does not belong to this sarcophagus. The sarcophagus features two main scenes framed by two pairs of lion heads holding heavy rings. On the front of the casket at the centre Bacchus is supported by a young follower, while a maenad runs ahead with a panther. On the back is a scene of three boys pressing grapes in a vat. At the ends are shown groups of centaurs and maenads playing horns, lyres and flutes, and Pan.(Source: The British Museum) -- source link