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Fragment of a sarcophagus: head of Aestas (Summer)

Date 270–280
Object type sculpture
Medium, technique carved, marble (Prokonnesian)
Dimensions

11.7 × 9.8 × 9.8 cm

Inventory number 8066
Collection Classical Antiquities
On view Museum of Fine Arts, Basement Floor, Classical Antiquity, The ancient Mediterranean

The fragment represents Aetas, the personification of the Summer, and once probably decorated a Roman sarcophagus.

Marble analyses have shown that the relief was made of Prokonnesian (Marmara) marble.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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