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| Keywords: Roman - Relief of a Herdsman - Walters 2319.jpg This relief decorated the short end of a sarcophagus stone coffin It shows a herdsman accompanied by his dog a sheep and a goat The long side of the sarcophagus now lost would have depicted the Greek myth of Endymion a handsome shepherd with whom the moon-goddess Selene fell in love She granted him eternal sleep and youth and visited him at night The herdsman depicted here mourns his friend's seeming death century 2 3 marble cm 52 1 55 6 9 1 accession number 23 19 10592 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome no 63 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Roman Empire Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Dogs in ancient Roman art Ancient Roman reliefs Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
