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Both women wear exceptionally costly pearls; the younger woman's hairstyle dates her to the period of the Flavian emperors.
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These woman, wearing pearl earrings and gemstone necklaces, date from the second century CE, while the bearded male lived during the third century.
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These portraits date from the third to the fourth centuries CE. The narrow stripes on the man's tunic identify his rank as equestrian, and he holds a glass of red wine and a rose petal wreath.
A different style sarcophagus dating from the second century CE has the
clothing painted on a flat cartonnage, while the portrait head is
three-dimensional head; note this equestrian male's elaborate pendant and the
wine cup and flowers he is holding.