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Sarcophagus of Helen
Red porphyry sarcophagus which is believed to have held the remains of Helena, mother of Constantine the Great. On the coffin there are some soldiers on horseback and barbarian prisoners. On the lid of the sarcophagus cupids and victories hold garlands. The sarcophagus was located in the Imperial mausoleum at Tor Pignattara, between the via Prenestina and the via Labicana outside Rome. In 1777 i…
Contributors
- Gaspare Sibilla
- Giovanni Pierantoni
- Francesco Antonio Franzoni
- Francesco Antonio Franzoni
Subject
- Soldiers
- Cupids
- Victory
- Archaeological artifact
- archaeological objects
Type of item
- sarcophagi (coffins)
Medium
- porphyry
Contributors
- Gaspare Sibilla
- Giovanni Pierantoni
- Francesco Antonio Franzoni
- Francesco Antonio Franzoni
Subject
- Soldiers
- Cupids
- Victory
- Archaeological artifact
- archaeological objects
Type of item
- sarcophagi (coffins)
Medium
- porphyry
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Temporal
- 4th century AD
Current location
- https://sws.geonames.org/6946427/vatican-museums.html
Identifier
- #128741
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
Providing country
- Italy
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-10-20T03:25:04.617Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-01-12T16:39:14.037Z