A Marble Sarcophagus Lid Fragment with the Birth of Dionysos, Roman Imperial, Severan, circa 1st half of the 3rd Century A.D. carved with the winged goddess of birth Ilithyia about to remove Dionysos from the thigh of enthroned Zeus, Hermes in attendance, a kneeling nurse depositing Dionysos in a crib, and Hermes taking Dionysos to be raised by the Nymphs of Nysa, the acroterion in the form of the mask of a frowning deity with moustache, deep-set eyes with engraved irises and drilled crescentic pupils, and prominent furrowed brow, his long hair swept up over the forehead and curving forward over the cheeks and temples. 10 1/4 by 25 3/4 by 2 3/4 in. 26 by 65.4 by 7 cm.
A Marble Sarcophagus Lid Fragment with the Birth of Dionysos, Roman Imperial, Severan, circa 1st half of the 3rd Century A.D. carved with the winged goddess of birth Ilithyia about to remove Dionysos from the thigh of enthroned Zeus, Hermes in attendance, a kneeling nurse depositing Dionysos in a crib, and Hermes taking Dionysos to be raised by the Nymphs of Nysa, the acroterion in the form of the mask of a frowning deity with moustache, deep-set eyes with engraved irises and drilled crescentic pupils, and prominent furrowed brow, his long hair swept up over the forehead and curving forward over the cheeks and temples. 10 1/4 by 25 3/4 by 2 3/4 in. 26 by 65.4 by 7 cm.
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