Marble Sarcophagus Fragment with a Marriage Scene in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2013

Marble sarcophagus fragment: marriage scene

Period:Mid-Imperial, Severan

Date:early 3rd century A.D.

Culture:Roman

Medium:Marble

Dimensions:Overall: 19 x 15 3/4 x 2 1/2in. (48.3 x 40 x 6.4cm)

Classification:Stone Sculpture

Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1918

Accession Number:18.145.52

Man and woman clasping hands, a figure between them and Eros below.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/250712