sarcophagus
- Museum number
- 1887,0402.1
- Description
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Painted terracotta sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa, her name inscribed on the chest. She reclines upon a mattress and pillow, holding an open lidded-mirror in her left hand and raising her right hand to adjust her mantle. She wears a chiton with high girdle, a bordered mantle, and jewellery comprising a diadem, ear-rings, necklace, bracelets and finger-rings.
- Production date
- 250BC-150BC (circa)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The skull and other bones (1887,0402.2) from the sarcophagus were found to belong to a woman who was probably about fifty years old at the time of her death.
- Location
- On display (G71/dc15)
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1887,0402.1
