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Sarcophagus composed of reused funerary monuments; place of discovery: Napoca (Cluj-Napoca); the original monuments are dated in the 2nd - 3rd century AD, and the repurposing is dated in the 3rd - 4th century AD.

 

The monument was robbed in antiquity, as it was found without any grave goods, and with the lid thrown next to it. It consists of a funerary plaque used as a lid and a monolithic box.

The plaque depicts a hunting scene on one of its sides. Two dogs are portrayed surrounding the animal that is being hunted – probably a fox or a rabbit (?). The slab seems to have originally been part of a decorative frieze of a funerary construction.