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| Keywords: Roman - Sarcophagus Fragment with the Good Shepherd - Walters 41325.jpg This fragment comes from a small Early Christian sarcophagus that was probably made for a child At the right is a young shepherd who carries a lamb over his shoulders as two sheep gaze up at him from below The image of the Good Shepherd originated with the pagan Greek figure of Hermes the gods' messenger and ram-bearer and was later transformed into Jesus as the Good Shepherd who watches over his flock early Other date century 4 Late Antique marble cm 34 5 55 accession number 41 325 27994 Jerome M Eisenberg Royal-Athena Galleries London and New York by purchase Walters Art Museum 2001 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the Medieval Fund and the W Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund 2001 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
