Dark gray stone panel with carved lotus-like scrolls along the top edge and fine incised swirling vines across the field.

Section of a Coffin Platform: Horizontal Panel

A long, dark gray limestone panel carved with a row of raised bead-and-loop motifs along its upper edge. Below, fine incised scrolls, arabesques and a central mask-like form spread across the surface, with a bottom band of wave-like scrolls.

Look closer: A small mask-like face with eyes appears within the central scrollwork.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 550–77
Medium: limestone
Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Size: 3400 × 1387 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lange

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