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In the upper lid are likely four episodes, two likely regarding the life of Mary on the left, and two depicting events surrounding the
Nativity, including the three Magi following the star of Bethlehem. It also contains a plaque identifying Adelphia and her spouse Valerius. The second register has
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containing the portraits of the dead couple, embracing. The lid of the sarcophagus forms a third register. Of note, the depictions of Moses and Jesus, and perhaps God in Eden, are unbearded, as opposed to the bearded
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The name of the sarcophagus derives from the hypothesis that it was used for the burial of the Roman noblewoman
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eight episodes, four on each side of the central shell with the married couple. On the left, from left to right, are scenes depicting:
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