Triumph_of_Dionysos_sarcophagus_(Lyon,_Mus_Gall-Rom_2001-0-305)_01.jpg

Summary

Object

Artist

Unknown sculptor

Description

Roman sarcophagus with relief of the triumph of Dionysos: overview of front.

Date

First half of the 3rd century CE

Medium

marble

Dimensions

length: 2.22 m (87.40 in); height: 1.17 m (46.06 in); width: 0.95 m (37.40 in)

Collection

Lugdunum Musée et Théâtres

	Native name	Lugdunum Musée & Théâtres romains
	Parent institution	Métropole de Lyon
	Location	17 rue Cléberg 69005 Lyon France
	Coordinates	45° 45′ 37.51″ N, 4° 49′ 11.69″ E
	Established	1975
	Authority file	: Q509 VIAF : 126188929 ISNI : 0000000121156088 LCCN : n2004007736 GND : 808494-4 SUDOC : 026546612 WorldCat

Accession number

2001.0.305

Place of discovery

Lyon, during the digging of the foundations for the 19th-century church of Saint-Irénée. Discovered in 1824 but reburied; reexcavated and transported to the Musée lapidaire in Lyon in 1845.

References

A. Comarmond, Notice du Musée lapidaire de la ville de Lyon (Lyon 1855), p. 7, no. 26.
E. Espérandieu, Recueil général des bas-reliefs de la Gaule romaine , vol. 3 (Paris 1910), pp. 23–25, no. 1770.
M.-P. Darblade-Audoin, Nouvel Espérandieu II: Lyon (Paris 2006), pp. 77–79, no. 238.
"Le sarcophage du triomphe de Bacchus" , Lugdunum (Musée gallo-romain), catalogue des oeuvres.
"Sarcophage du triomphe de Bacchus" , Collections des musées de France (Joconde), Ministère de la Culture, no. 10360001324.

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Date	7 June 2016
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