See also:

• SARCOPHAGUS (Gr. vapsorg yos, literally " flesh-eating," from vapt, flesh, ¢ayeiv, to eat)

SARCOPHAGUS (Gr. vapsorg yos, literally " flesh-eating," from vapt, flesh, ¢ayeiv, to eat)  , the name given to a See also:

• COFFIN (from Lat. cophinus, Gr. K64wos, a coffer, chest or basket, but never meaning " coffin " in its present sense)

coffin in See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, which on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of its See also:

• CAUSTIC (Gr. rcavvraubs, burning)

caustic qualities, according to See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny (H.N. See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi . 27), consumed the See also:

• BODY

body in See also:

• FORTY

forty days; also by the Greeks to a sepulchral See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest, in stone or other material, which was more or less enriched with See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament and See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture . One of the finest examples known is the See also:

• SARCOPHAGUS (Gr. vapsorg yos, literally " flesh-eating," from vapt, flesh, ¢ayeiv, to eat)

sarcophagus of Seti, the second See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the XIX . See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty (1326–1300 B.C.), which is carved out of a See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block of See also:

• ARAGONITE

Aragonite or hard carbonate of See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime, now in the See also:

• SOANE, SIR JOHN (1753-1837)

Soane Museum; of later date are the greenporphyry sarcophagus and the terra-See also:

• COTTA
• COTTA, BERNHARD VON (1808—1879)
• COTTA, GAIUS AURELIUS (c. 124—73 B.c.)

cotta sarcophagus from See also:

• CLAZOMENAE (mod. Kelisman)

Clazomenae; both of these date from the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C., and are in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum . The finest See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek examples are those found at See also:

• SIDON (Phoen. ins, Hebrew 1-rs, Assyr. Sidunnu, Egypt. Diduna)

Sidon in 1887 by Hamdy See also:

• BEY (a modern Turk. word, the older form being beg, cf. Pers. baig)

Bey, which are now in the Imperial Museum at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople (see GREEK See also:

• ART

ART) . Of See also:

• ETRUSCAN

Etruscan sarcophagi there are numerous examples in terra-cotta; occasionally they are See also:

• MINIATURE

miniature representations of temples, and sometimes in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• COUCH, DARIUS NASH (1822-1897)

couch on which See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest figures of the deceased; one of these in the British Museum See also:

• DATES

dates from 500 B.C . The earliest See also:

• ROMAN

Roman sarcophagus is that of Scipio in the Vatican (3rd century B.C.), carved in See also:

• PEPERINO

peperino stone . Of later Roman sarcophagi, there is an immense See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series enriched with figures in high See also:

• RELIEF

relief, of which the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief are the Niobid example in the Lateran, the Lycomedes sarcophagus in the Capitol, the Penthesilea sarcophagus in the Vatican, and the immense sarcophagus representing a See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans and the barbarians in the Museo delle Terme . In later Roman See also:

• WORK

work there was a See also:

• GREAT

great decadence in the sculpture, so that in the following centuries recourse was had to the red Egyptian See also:

• PORPHYRY (IlopcPisptos) (A.D. 233-c. 304)

porphyry, of which the sarcophagi of See also:

• CONSTANTIA

Constantia (A.D . 355) and of the empress See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena (A.D . 589), both in the Vatican, are See also:

• FINE

fine examples . Of later date, during the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, there is a large series either in museums or in the cloisters of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian churches .

They are generally decorated with a series of niches with figures in them, divided by small attached shafts with semicircular or sloping covers carved with religious emblems, one of the best examples being the sarcophagus of Sta See also:

• BARBARA, SAINT

Barbara, dating from the beginning of the 6th century, at See also:

• RAVENNA
• RAVENNA, EXARCHATE OF

Ravenna, where there are many others . The See also:

• TERM

term sarcophagus is sometimes applied also to an See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb .