Drawings Sarcophagus with Greek inscription
Object number
LDSAL2020.16.27
Artist/Designer/Maker
Basire, James - Engraver
Material
Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink
Ink
Printer's Ink
Technique
Drawing
Engraving (Printing Process)
Engraving (Printing Process)
Dimensions
Height: 248mm
Width: 332mm
Width: 332mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Sarcophagus, Longitudine ped: 5, olim Romæ in Vinea P.P. Augustinianorum ad Viam Flaminam, nunc adservatur Juxta Carolum Townley, Londini...
Inscription content
Sarcophagus ex marmore apud Car.Townley Londini.
Inscription content
Engraved by James Basire.
References
Reference (free text)
A Guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum 2nd ed. (London, 1902), no. 23, p. 71.