ID: 700006592 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006592	Record Type: Movable Work
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Sarcophagus and Lid; Crouching Lion Supports (sarcophagus; Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); 210 - 220; feet 19th century; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 83.AA.275)

Note: Sarcophagus in the shape of a lenos (tub) intended for a child. Front: Dionysos standing supported by a satyr. To his left, six thiasos figures; maenad with tympanum, satyr with child, panther beneath; old satyr with thyrsos, satyr with double flute, maenad with kithara, satyr with lagobolon and sphinx. Ariadne lays on a rock while a satyr lifts her mantle. Behind her, a maenad with cymbal. To her left, a satyr, a tree and a Pan; at right, a statue of Priapus atop a herm; a satyr with lagobolon in right hand, pulling a goat with left. In front, a rock with basket of fruit. To the right, a maenad playing a double flute; a satyr holding a torch with right hand and plate with fruit with left. Back center: depicts large wine vat with spout in the form of a lion's head; three satyrs are crushing grapes. A satyr at left holds a cluster of grapes with right hand while supporting a basket on his shoulder with the right. To the left, a large basket with grapes. A satyr pours grapes into a vat from a basket. To the right, a dancing maenad holding a tympanum with left hand, a thyrsos with right. Lid: Central tabula with inscription and six bilateral fields each with small figures of satyrs, maenads, small Pan, and panther. Two lions were added to the ensemble in the 19th century to support the sarcophagus.

Titles:

Sarcophagus and Lid; Crouching Lion Supports (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Sarcophagus with Scenes of Bacchus (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sarcophagus [300005947] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, ceremonial containers, funerary containers, coffins)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 210 - 220; feet 19th century

Creator Display:

Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 83.AA.275

Display Materials: Marble

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: Various, see extensions

Cultures:

Roman (preferred)

Ancient Roman

General Subject:

funerary (preferred)

utilitarian objects

Specific Subjects:

	funerary object [300234126]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by function>, ceremonial objects) (AAT)

	Ariadne [901000155]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Dionysos [901001029]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	maenads [300379712]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, clergy, <ancient Greek and Roman clergy>) (AAT)

	nudes (representations) [300189568]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations)) (AAT)

	Πάν [901001072]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	panther (legendary creature) [300379760]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

	satyrs [300379732]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: "D. M. / MACONIANAE SEVERIANAE / FILIAE DULCISSIMAE / M. SEMPRONIUS PROCULUS / FAUSTINIANUS U. C. ET / PRAECILIA SEVERIANA C. F. / PARENTES" Translated from Latin: "The parents, M. Sempronius Proculus Faustinianus U. C. and Praecilia Severiana C. F., for [our] sweetest daughter D. M. Maconiana Severiana".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Sarcophagus and Lid; Crouching Lion Supports	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Sarcophagus with Scenes of Bacchus	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)