Roman burial chest

Marble chest with lid, used for the burial of two infant boys. At each angle of the front there is a flaming candelabrum, resting on dolphins and having a winged Sphinx in the middle of the stem. A pomegranate flower hangs on each side of a tablet with moulded frame, inscribed. On the right side is a wreath of fruit tied with sashes. Two birds are pecking at a lizard, and two are pecking at the wreath. On the left side is a similar wreath. Two birds are feeding their young in a nest, and two birds are pecking at the wreath. The cover is in pediment form, with a shell in the middle of the pediment and a dolphin at each angle. At each side are rosettes.本带盖大理石石棺用于安葬两名男婴。棺正面的每个转角处均设有燃烛造型的烛台，以海豚为基座，杆身中部饰有带翼斯芬克斯（Sphinx）。一块带有模制边框的铭文饰板，其两侧各垂挂一枚石榴花。棺右侧设有以绶带系扎的果枝花环，旁有两只鸟类啄食一只蜥蜴，另有两只啄食该花环。棺左侧设有同款花环，巢内有两只鸟类正在育雏，另有两只啄食该花环。棺盖为三角楣饰（pediment）造型，楣饰中部饰有贝壳，每个转角处配有海豚，两侧各饰有蔷薇花饰。