Sarcophagus with lid and 4 unjoined fragments (95.AA.80)
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"Acquisitions/1995." The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 24 (1996), p. 88, no. 3.
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The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 4th ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997), p. 27.
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Towne Markus, Elana. Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Antiquities. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997), pp. 121-21.
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True, Marion. "Refining policy to promote partnership." In Antichita` senza provenienza II. Supl. Bollettino d'Arte n. 101-102. Pelagatti, Paola and Pier Giovanni Guzzo, eds. (Rome: Libreria dello Stato, 2000), pp. 141-2, fig. 9.
True, Marion. "Refining policy to promote partnership." In Antichita` senza provenienza II. Supl. Bollettino d'Arte n. 101-102. Pelagatti, Paola and Pier Giovanni Guzzo, eds. (Rome: Libreria dello Stato, 2000)
The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 6th ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001), p. 27.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 6th ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001)
The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Antiquities Collection (Los Angeles: 2002), p. 168.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Antiquities Collection (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002)
Spivey, Nigel and Squire, Michael. Panorama of the Classical World (Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2004), p. 114, fig. 188.
Spivey, Nigel and Squire, Michael. Panorama of the Classical World (Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2004)
The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 7th ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007), p. 10, ill.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 7th ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007)
The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Antiquities Collection. Rev. ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010), p. 168.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Antiquities Collection. Rev. ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010)
Oakley, John. Die attischen Sarkophage. Faszikel 3. Andere Mythen (Gebr. Mann Verlag. Berlin, 2011), p. 29-31, 60, 81, cat. no. 37, pl. 30.2.
Oakley, John. Die attischen Sarkophage. Faszikel 3. Andere Mythen (Gebr. Mann Verlag. Berlin, 2011)
Russel, Ben. The Economics of the Roman Stone Trade. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), pp. 302, fig. 7.26.
Russel, Ben. The Economics of the Roman Stone Trade. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014)
Oakley, J. H. "The Achilles Sarcophagus in the J. Paul Getty Museum." In Koch, G (ed.), Römische Sarkophage. Akten des Symposiums. Marburger Beiträge zur Archäologie, band 3 (Marburg 2016), p.103-107.
Oakley, J. H. "The Achilles Sarcophagus in the J. Paul Getty Museum." In Koch, G (ed.), Römische Sarkophage. Akten des Symposiums. Marburger Beiträge zur Archäologie, band 3 (Marburg 2016).
Stephanidou-Tiveriou, Theodosia. "Myths and Mythical Heroes on Attic Sarcophagi." Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, 138 (2023), p. 150 (n 169), 154-155, fig. 28, 163 (n. 227).
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Four separate episodes from the life of the Greek hero Achilles decorate the sides of this Roman sarcophagus. The front shows Achilles desecrating the corpse of the fallen Trojan hero Hektor by dragging it behind his chariot. One short end shows Achilles putting on his armor, and the other shows Odysseus discovering Achilles hiding among the daughters of King Lykomedes on Skyros. The unfinished back of the sarcophagus shows a battle of Greeks and centaurs. This scene probably also refers to the life of Achilles, since he was educated by the centaur Chiron. The life of Achilles was a popular subject for the decoration of Roman sarcophagi. On the lid, a man and a woman recline on an upholstered couch. The heads of the figures have been left unfinished. If they were intended to be portraits of the deceased, this work was, for reasons now unknown, never completed. Burial in a sarcophagus was a popular custom during the period from about 150 to 250 A.D. Sarcophagi were mass produced in a few centers, one of which was Athens. Athenian sarcophagi were carved on all four sides and often surmounted with reclining figures.
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