Figure 87 Fragmentary marble SARCOPHAGUS, showing Christ (center) transmitting the law to Peter;
0.74 × 2.05 m, late fourth century AD. Rome, Museum of the Catacomb of St. Sebastian. Source: Photo
PCSA Archives.
Figure 88 Detail of marble sarcophagus, with an inscription indicating that it was used as the last resting
place for a Christian man, showing Orpheus playing the lyre; middle of the third century AD. Ostia
Antica, Museum, Inv. 1202. Source: The Art Archive / Manuel Cohen.