Roman relief sarcophagus of local sicilian production, front: rape of proserpina, probably 3rd century ad (c. Robert: "late provincial work") location (18th century): mazara del vallo, in a church (see houël), location (1960s): mazara del vallo, anteroom to the left side entrance of the cattedrale s. Salvatore jean-pierre-laurent houël, voyage pittoresque des îles de sicile, de malte et de lipari, 4 vols. , paris 1782-1787, here: volume 1, 1782, pl. 14 carl robert: individual myths. Third section: niobids - triptolemos. Uninterpreted (= the ancient sarcophagus reliefs, volume 3. 3). G. Grote'sche verlagsbuchhandlung, berlin 1919, pp. 476–477 cat. 391 with fig. 391 on pl. 125 (digital copy of the heidelberg university library). Guntram koch, hellmut sichtermann: roman sarcophagi (= handbook of archaeology). Verlag c. H. Beck, munich 1982, isbn 3-406-08709-4, pp. 119, 292. Collection: National Library of Poland.
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