ECL-Bn.14:70-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:70-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: Medea
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
On right two boys present bowls of fruit (?) to a female, who sits sadly on a throne with three attendants sympathising. A half-draped youth stands far right. In the centre, the princess runs in frenzy to left in front of a curtain, while her aged father tears her hair. Two soldiers stand on left. On left, the two boys run left. On far left Medea drives off in a chariot drawn by winged serpents over a reclining female; she carries the body of a child.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 107mm
width (actual size): 306mm
width (actual size): 306mm
Inscription
1 - 6 written in pencil on the reverse
12 - 0 written in ink on the reverse
12 - 0 written in ink on the reverse
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)