Roman Strigillated Sarcophagi
Subtitle: Art and Social History
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780199203246
Subjects: Sarcophagi
Description: "This is the first full study of Roman strigillated sarcophagi, which are the largest group of decorated marble sarcophagi to survive in the city of Rome. Characterized by panels of carved fluting - hence the description 'strigillated', after the curved strigil used by Roman bathers to scrape off oil - and limited figure scenes, they were produced from the mid-second to the early fifth century AD, and thus cover a critical period in Rome, from empire to early Christianity. Roman Strigillated Sarcophagi focuses on their rich potential as an historical source for exploring the social and cultural life of the city in the later empire."