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Sarcophage des Muses, Ma 475 (Musee du Louvre Collections)

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The Musee du Louvre's own collections database record for the Sarcophagus of the Muses, a Roman Imperial sarcophagus in Pentelic marble, circa 150 to 160 CE, inventory Ma 475, describing its front panel of the nine Muses each identified by attribute, its lid of a Dionysian banquet with satyrs and maenads, and its side panels of Socrates, Homer, Hesiod and Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses.

Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
Tier one: the holding institution's own primary collections database, individually naming all nine figures by attribute, corroborated independently by a second descriptive essay that names the same nine figures with matching attributes.
Citation
Publisher
Musee du Louvre
URL
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010278285
Source Type
Museum
Connections

Associated With

Hesiod, Historical Figures

This source names Hesiod directly: "its side panels of Socrates, Homer, Hesiod and Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses."

Source Sarcophage des Muses, Ma 475 (Musee du Louvre Collections)
Homer, Historical Figures

This source names Homer directly: "and its side panels of Socrates, Homer, Hesiod and Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses."

Source Sarcophage des Muses, Ma 475 (Musee du Louvre Collections)
Mnemosyne, Deities

This source names Mnemosyne directly: "panels of Socrates, Homer, Hesiod and Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses."

Source Sarcophage des Muses, Ma 475 (Musee du Louvre Collections)
Mnemosyne, Figures

This source names Mnemosyne directly: "panels of Socrates, Homer, Hesiod and Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses."

Source Sarcophage des Muses, Ma 475 (Musee du Louvre Collections)
Socrates, Historical Figures

This source names Socrates directly: "and maenads, and its side panels of Socrates, Homer, Hesiod and Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses."

Source Sarcophage des Muses, Ma 475 (Musee du Louvre Collections)
The Nine Muses, Deities

This source names The Nine Muses directly: "Ma 475, describing its front panel of the nine Muses each identified by attribute, its lid of a Dionysian banquet with satyrs and maenads, and its side panels of Socrates, Homer, Hesiod and..."

Source Sarcophage des Muses, Ma 475 (Musee du Louvre Collections)
Claims Backed By This Source (40 claims)

This source backs 40 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 23 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 29 claims: 11 well-attested, 17 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 11 claims: 5 well-attested, 6 holds.
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