Roman relief sarcophagus in the form of a tub sarcophagus: grape harvest and wine pressing, around 260/270 ad (doris bielefeld). Today the sarcophagus is in a much worse condition than in the 18th century illustrations (p. Aglioti 1740, j. -p. -l. Houël 1784). Location (18th century): messina, piano della munizione, as a fountain at the opera house (teatro delle munizioni), location (1990s): messina, museo archeologico regionale, inv. A 222 jean-pierre-laurent houël, voyage pittoresque des îles de sicile, de malte et de lipari, 4 vols. , paris 1782-1787, here: volume 2, 1784, pl. 76 guntram koch, hellmut sichtermann: roman sarcophagi (= handbook of archaeology). Verlag c. H. Beck, munich 1982, isbn 3-406-08709-4, p. 209 note 21 doris bielefeld: the roman erotic sarcophagi. Second fascicle: grape harvest and harvest scenes (= bernard andreae, guntram koch [ed. ]: the ancient sarcophagus reliefs. Volume 5. 2. 2). Gebr. Mann verlag, berlin 1997, isbn 3-7861-1969-4, p. 109 cat. 49 (and others). Collection: National Library of Poland.
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