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.-- 图中描绘的是什么？ 石棺（sarcophagus，复数形式为sarcophagi）是一种盒状殡葬容器，用于盛放遗体，通常以石材雕刻而成，多陈列于地面之上，但也可被掩埋。“sarcophagus”一词源自希腊语词汇σάρξ（对应sarx，意为“肉身”）与φαγεῖν（对应phagein，意为“进食”），因此该词本义为“食尸”，这一含义来自短语lithos sarkophagos（λίθος σαρκοφάγος）。由于lithos在希腊语中意为“石头”，故lithos sarcophagos意为“食尸之石”。此后，该词汇也被用于指代一类特殊的石灰岩，人们认为这种石灰岩可分解封存在其中的遗体肉身。