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Historical Archive: Junius Bassus sarcophagus marble; plaster copy 122 x 245 x 141 cm (4' x 8' 1/2" x 4' 7 1/2") made for the Roman prefect Junius Bassus, died 359 found under Saint Peter's in 1595 or 1597 Views of the full object show the copy in the Vatican Museums. copy: Vatican Museums MV.31648.0.0 Details were photographed on the original sarcophagus. original: Museo Storico del Tesoro della Basilica di San Pietro, 31529.3.1-3 full (copy) full (copy) with person for scale Abraham and Isaac: Isaac, altar Traditio Legis, center: Christ, disciple Traditio Legis: disciple, throne Traditio Legis: Caelus/sky, Jupiter Caelestis; eagle or dove in conch below Job on the dunghill, head restored Job: friend, wife lambs next to Job: striking water from the rock Temptation/Fall: Adam, bust Temptation/Fall: Adam, torso to hips Temptation/Fall: Adam, lower body; sheaves, serpent Temptation/Fall: tree, Eve bust Temptation/Fall: Eve; lamb column after Temptation/Fall: vintaging erotes Entry into Jerusalem: Christ, man in tree Entry into Jerusalem: Christ Entry into Jerusalem: donkey, man on ground column after Entry into Jerusalem: capital, erotes lambs next to Entry into Jerusalem: baptism (of Jesus?) arrest of Paul: soldier arrest of Paul: busts of soldier, Paul arrest of Paul: Paul, reeds, soldier left side: erotes, oxen left side: eros trampling grapes right side: Winter, Spring right side: goose; Winter with olives right side: Spring with hare, dog right side: Spring with flowers, garland right side: lizard (with Autumn, cut off)