REVELERS GATHERING GRAPES, C/1 Long Box Commonly depicted in pairs

Commonly depicted in pairs

one of which is the mummy itself

the lavish main lobby where the affluent would socialize

this box depicts an ankh carved with hieroglyphics

REVELERS GATHERING GRAPES, C/1 Long Box Commonly depicted in pairs"The groups of reveling couples on all sides, combined with the type of lid found on other examples of this Attic imperial sarcophagus, suggest a husband and wife were shown on top, as if reclining at a symposium on an elaborate couch." Source: Cornelis C. Vermeule (1978), "Sarcophagus: Revelers Gathering Grapes", in Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong, et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 12 13. Made of cold cast resin. Hand painted.