once pristine:
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| 'As an art form the sarcophagus had oriental, ancient Egyptian, and Etruscan antecedents.' —Honour , 'Often shaped like a house with a pitched roof, it provided a dwelling place for the deceased and implied beliefs about the hereafter rather different from those held by the Greeks. But it was to become the predominant art form in funerary sculpture from the late fourth century BC through the Hellenistic and Roman eras right down to early Christian times' | |
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