Plaster cast of the original (late 3rd century A.D.)
c. 1930
Rome, Museo della Civiltą Romana
Inv. M.C.R. 3474
A sturdy farm wagon with wheels devoid of spokes is carrying a great leather wineskin (culleus) made of oxen hide. A culleus could hold 524 litres of wine, as much as 20 amphorae. The original sarcophagus is now in the Vatican Museums.