Decorated with low figural reliefs, including funeral rituals and, on the back, a scene interpreted as the sacrifice of Polyxena at the tomb of Achilles by his son Neoptolemos.
Discovered during a rescue excavation in 1994 at the Kızöldün tumulus, Gümüşçay district near Biga, Çanakkale province.
Ionian Late Archaic, ca. 520-500 BCE
Proconnesian marble
The sarcophagus contained the skeleton of an adult male.
Çanakkale Museum, Çanakkale, Turkey (Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Culture (Turkish); Jona Lendering).
Tags: Turkey Türkiye Τουρκία Turchia Türkei Turquía Turquie Турция Çanakkale Polyksena lahiti Kızöldün tumulus Gümüşçay district Biga museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Greek greco sarcophagus sarcofago burial male man adult marble marmo Proconnesian Marmara Ionian Ionic 6th c. BCE late 6th c. BCE 510s BCE 500s BCE relief figure figural carved carving sculpture scultura human myth Polyxena sacrifice sacrificio umano art tumulo Archaic Late Archaic arcaico tardo arcaico ionico funerary funeral funebre offering ritual rituale cult
Decorated with low figural reliefs, including funeral rituals and, on the back, a scene interpreted as the sacrifice of Polyxena at the tomb of Achilles by his son Neoptolemos.
Discovered during a rescue excavation in 1994 at the Kızöldün tumulus, Gümüşçay district near Biga, Çanakkale province.
Ionian Late Archaic, ca. 520-500 BCE
Proconnesian marble
The sarcophagus contained the skeleton of an adult male.
Çanakkale Museum, Çanakkale, Turkey (Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Culture (Turkish); Jona Lendering).
Tags: Turkey Türkiye Τουρκία Turchia Türkei Turquía Turquie Турция Çanakkale Polyksena lahiti Kızöldün tumulus Gümüşçay district Biga museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Greek greco sarcophagus sarcofago burial male man adult marble marmo Proconnesian Marmara Ionian Ionic 6th c. BCE late 6th c. BCE 510s BCE 500s BCE relief figure figural carved carving sculpture scultura human myth Polyxena sacrifice sacrificio umano art tumulo Archaic Late Archaic arcaico tardo arcaico ionico funerary funeral funebre offering ritual rituale cult
Decorated with low figural reliefs, including funeral rituals and, on the back, a scene interpreted as the sacrifice of Polyxena at the tomb of Achilles by his son Neoptolemos.
Discovered during a rescue excavation in 1994 at the Kızöldün tumulus, Gümüşçay district near Biga, Çanakkale province.
Ionian Late Archaic, ca. 520-500 BCE
Proconnesian marble
The sarcophagus contained the skeleton of an adult male.
Çanakkale Museum, Çanakkale, Turkey (Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Culture (Turkish); Jona Lendering).
Tags: Turkey Türkiye Τουρκία Turchia Türkei Turquía Turquie Турция Çanakkale Polyksena lahiti Kızöldün tumulus Gümüşçay district Biga museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Greek greco sarcophagus sarcofago burial male man adult marble marmo Proconnesian Marmara Ionian Ionic 6th c. BCE late 6th c. BCE 510s BCE 500s BCE relief figure figural carved carving sculpture scultura human myth Polyxena sacrifice sacrificio umano art tumulo Archaic Late Archaic arcaico tardo arcaico ionico funerary funeral funebre offering ritual rituale cult
Decorated with low figural reliefs, including funeral rituals and, on the back, a scene interpreted as the sacrifice of Polyxena at the tomb of Achilles by his son Neoptolemos.
Discovered during a rescue excavation in 1994 at the Kızöldün tumulus, Gümüşçay district near Biga, Çanakkale province.
Ionian Late Archaic, ca. 520-500 BCE
Proconnesian marble
The sarcophagus contained the skeleton of an adult male.
Çanakkale Museum, Çanakkale, Turkey (Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Culture (Turkish); Jona Lendering).
Tags: Turkey Türkiye Τουρκία Turchia Türkei Turquía Turquie Турция Çanakkale Polyksena lahiti Kızöldün tumulus Gümüşçay district Biga museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Greek greco sarcophagus sarcofago burial male man adult marble marmo Proconnesian Marmara Ionian Ionic 6th c. BCE late 6th c. BCE 510s BCE 500s BCE relief figure figural carved carving sculpture scultura human myth Polyxena sacrifice sacrificio umano art tumulo Archaic Late Archaic arcaico tardo arcaico ionico funerary funeral funebre offering ritual rituale cult
Decorated with low figural reliefs, including funeral rituals and, on the back, a scene interpreted as the sacrifice of Polyxena at the tomb of Achilles by his son Neoptolemos.
Discovered during a rescue excavation in 1994 at the Kızöldün tumulus, Gümüşçay district near Biga, Çanakkale province.
Ionian Late Archaic, ca. 520-500 BCE
Proconnesian marble
The sarcophagus contained the skeleton of an adult male.
Çanakkale Museum, Çanakkale, Turkey (Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Culture (Turkish); Jona Lendering).
Tags: Turkey Türkiye Τουρκία Turchia Türkei Turquía Turquie Турция Çanakkale Polyksena lahiti Kızöldün tumulus Gümüşçay district Biga museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Greek greco sarcophagus sarcofago burial male man adult marble marmo Proconnesian Marmara Ionian Ionic 6th c. BCE late 6th c. BCE 510s BCE 500s BCE relief figure figural carved carving sculpture scultura human myth Polyxena sacrifice sacrificio umano art tumulo Archaic Late Archaic arcaico tardo arcaico ionico funerary funeral funebre offering ritual rituale cult