Un sarcofago strigilato da Serramanna (CA)
Abstract
In 2019, a strigillated sarcophagus was recovered in a private dwelling in the town of Serramanna, near Cagliari in Sardinia. The decoration seems to recall sarcophagi made by Carthaginian workshops between the end of the 4th and the middle of the 5th cent. A.D., even if, without petrographic analysis, it is hard to define if it was imported from North Africa or locally made by artisans that imitate African products. The burial context is unknown. The sarcophagus was reused as water basin.
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