Sarcophagus Frontal with Scenes from Scripture

300-325
Stone
Museo Pio Cristiano, Inventory # 31551 ex 189

The scenes carved on the sarcophagus are as follows:

• Upper register, left to right:
1. Jesus' entry into Jerusalem (see large image and discussion).
2. God assigns Adam and Eve their labors (see large image and discussion).
3. God gives the Law to Moses (see large image and discussion).
4. Abraham and Isaac (see large image and discussion).
5. Jesus revives the daughter of Jairus (see large image and discussion).
6. The multiplication of the loaves and fishes (see large image and discussion).
• Lower register, left to right:
7. St. Peter's water miracle and arrest (see large image and discussion).
8. Jesus, Peter, and the Rooster (see large image and discussion).
9. Daniel in the lions' den (see large image and discussion).
10. Jesus cures the paralytic (see large image and discussion).
11. Jesus cures the blind man (see large image and discussion).
12. Jesus cures the woman with the flow of blood (see large image and discussion).
13. The miracle at Cana (see large image and discussion).

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Photographed at the Vatican Museums by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.