Sarcophagus of a priest of Isis

From Ostia.
Date: early-Severan. Larger fragment: w. 1.03, h. 0.27, d. 0.08. Smaller fragment: w. 0.27.

Two fragments of the lid of the same sarcophagus. The smaller fragment belongs to the right of the larger one. The seasons are depicted: on the larger fragment Winter (to the left) and Summer, on the other one perhaps Autumn.

D(is) [M(anibus)] M(arci) VLPI FAED[imi sacer] DOTIS ISI[dis Ost(iensis)?] VLPIA F[---] PATRI [---]

Inv. nrs. 10650 and 10651. Formerly Museo Lateranense. Benndorf-Schöne 1867, nrs. 507 and 508. CIL XIV, 437. EDR144111. Arachne 63239 and 63240. Photos: Arachne.