The Camposanto Monumentale cemetary in Pisa (page 7/32)

saScophagus 2: relief

To give some idea of the depth of the carving.

Sarcophagus 3: inscription

Just a few words, a name that I cannot read. The abbreviation near the start makes me assume the inscription to be medieval, while the sarcophagus itself is probably Roman. [more...]

Sarcophagus 4: the other end

With a coulld in discourse. And a drain-hole.

Sarcophagus 5: overview

From the other side. I mist have liked this one, even without a caption.

Another one, mid 3rd century stone sarcophagus

With fluting. [more...]

And another sarcophagus

With festoons. And cherubs (or more accurately putti). [more...]

caption

Rectangular sarcophagus with festoons held by winged putti and marine scenes (half of 2nd century a.d.). Reused in the 14th century for the assopardi family. Medieval top [...] [more...]

Lions

Oval sarcophagus (mid 3rd century a.d.). Undulating fluting with bust of the deceased – A woman – in clipeus; on the curves lions grasping one an antelope and the other a wild boar. [more...]

Festoons

Rectangular sarcophagus with festoons held by winged putti and marine scenes (half of 2nd century a.d.). Reused in the 14th century for the assopardi family. Medieval top [...] [more...]

Rectangular fluted sarcophagus

With I think a carving of the deceased in the middle, and a gryphon on the end.

flagstone tomb

With heraldic shield and inscription.

Bear

A carved animal in the quadrangle at the Camposanto.