The Ouvaroff Sarcophagus
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The Ouvaroff Sarcophagus
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Published 2017-03-17T11:28:28+00:00
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A sarcophagus (plural, sarcophagi) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word "sarcophagus" comes from the Greek σάρξ sarx meaning "flesh", and φαγεῖν phagein meaning "to eat", hence sarcophagus means "flesh-eating"; from the phrase lithos sarkophagos (λίθος σαρκοφάγος). Since lithos is Greek for "stone", lithos sarcophagos means, "flesh-eating stone". The word also came to refer to a particular kind of limestone that was thought to decompose the flesh of corpses trapped within it.
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| Date de publication | 17/03/2017 |
| Technologie | FDM |
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| Titre | The Ouvaroff Sarcophagus |
| Date | Rome about 210 A.D |
| Accession | Inv II 1a 231 |
| Période | Antiquity |
| Medium | Marble |
| Localisation | Pushkin Museum |
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