Ship Sarcophagus
Roman-era stone coffin found in modern-day Lebanon
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The Ship Sarcophagus, also known as the Sarcophagus au Navire, is a Roman era sarcophagus found by Georges Contenau in 1913 in Magharet Abloun, a necropolis containing the remains of Phoenician kings and notables in the south of Sidon in modern-day Lebanon. The sarcophagus has been dated to the 2nd century CE.[1][2]
It is considered the most important of all the sarcophagi discovered by Contenau in Sidon.[3]
The relief at the head of the sarcophagus represents an ancient ship.[3]
Bibliography
- Editio princeps: Georges Contenau. “Mission archéologique à Sidon (1914). In: Syria. Volume 1, 1920. pp. 16–55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3406/syria.1920.2837
