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Historical Archive: Vatican Jonah sarcophagus

third quarter of the third to early fourth century
white marble, without lid 66 x 223 x 19 cm (2' 2" x 7' 3.4" x 7.5")
front panel of a sarcophagus from the Vatican necropolis
restored by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (1716/17 - 1799)
Vatican Museums MV.31448.0.0 (formerly Lat. 119)


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raising of Lazarus, Peter baptizing jailers or Moses striking rock; fishermen w. basket, Jonah cast into the sea
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arrest or flight of Peter, or rebellion against Moses; Jonah under gourd vine, shepherd; Jonah emerging, Noah w. dove, youth, heron, fisherman
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sea monster swallowing, releasing Jonah
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center: snail, lizard, crab, fish
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youth, heron, fisherman
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lower snail
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upper snail
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lower left, oblique