To My Family and Uğraş Uzun - Bilkent University

corner (Fig. 66) has slimmer proportions that the one on the left corner (Fig. 67)
and his horns are carved in more detail, whereas the horns of the one on the left
are only indicated by slight incisions.
Placing human faces on the acroteria of the lids is a feature of the
sarcophagi with straight lids produced at Rome (Koch, 2001: 28). One example
with the human faces on the acroteria of the lid is the sarcophagus from Via
Amendola, dated to c.AD 170, now in Museo Capitolino, Rome (Fig. 68)
(Kleiner, 1992: 258).
4.5 Figured Decoration
The figures on the chest and the lid of the Antakya Sarcophagus are
described below starting from the leftmost figure on the front side and continuing
in counter-clockwise direction. A letter is given to each figure by the author of
this thesis for an easy reference.
4.5.1 Front Side
The front side is a composition of five figures; 2 seated figures at each end
framing 3 standing figures.
Figure A. Female figure wearing a chiton and a himation (Fig. 69)
(Goldman, 1994: 221,228; Croom, 2000: 30,87) seated on a plain cushion on a
folding stool (Robsjohn-Gibbings and Pullin, 1963: 69; Richter, 1966: 103-104)
whose legs terminate in the shape of animal hoofs. The left side legs of the stool
are shown in very low relief behind the right side legs. The column at the back of
Figure A has been roughed out behind the stool. The body of Figure A is shown
frontally, while her head and legs are in profile. The left hand is within the fold of
the himation and rests along the body at the level of the abdomen. The left hand
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