Fragment of a Muse sarcophagus
about mid-3rd century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Mt. Pentelikon near Athens
Dimensions22.5 x 15.5 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Charles C. Perkins
Accession number76.729
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTomb equipment
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Charles C. Perkins Collection; gift of Charles C. Perkins to MFA, 1876
about A.D. 150–192; first recut about A.D. 210–267; second recut about A.D. 400
5th century
A.D. 260–270
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
about A.D. 138–192
1st century A.D.
about 490–480 B.C.
about 4th century B.C.
about 325 B.C. (?)
4th century B.C.