The Ouvaroff Sarcophagus

-- What is depicted? A sarcophagus (plural, sarcophagi) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word sarcophagus comes from the Greek σάρξ sarx meaning flesh, and φαγεῖν phagein meaning to eat, hence sarcophagus means flesh-eating; from the phrase lithos sarkophagos (λίθος σαρκοφάγος). Since lithos is Greek for stone, lithos sarcophagos means, flesh-eating stone. The word also came to refer to a particular kind of limestone that was thought to decompose the flesh of corpses trapped within it.