| has gloss | eng: The Sarcophagus of the Triumph of Bacchus is a monumental ancient Roman stone sarcophagus of Carrara marble. The style and high quality of its reliefs and the choice of Bacchus triumphing over India as its subject suggest it came from a Roman workshop and possibly dates to the start of the 3rd century, from the reign of Caracalla to that of Elagabalus. It was rediscovered around 1800 on the Saint-Just hill in Lyon, France, during the rebuilding of the église Saint-Irénée. At that time it was broken into three pieces and reburied 4m below the church's staircase, from where it was exhumed in 1824 by A. Comarmond during restoration work on the church. It is now in the Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon. |
