AchillesANCIENT_SarcophagusMusCapitolini

Sarcophagus with scenes from the life of Achilles, 3rd-Century AD, Rome, Musei Capitol; reputedly discovered on the south side of Rome in the Monte del Grano, between the Via Toscolana and the Via Labicana in the 16th Century; it was rumored to have entombed the Portland Vase. The sarcophagus, likely not Alexander Severus' nor his mother's, features scenes from the life of Achilles on three of its four carved side.

See Piranesi's drawing, which includes an interpretive panel that argues against Abate Venuti's reading — against The return of Chryseis. The scene on this face was taken up by Josiah Wedgwood and marketed as "The Sacrifice of Iphigenia", ceramic plaque (Jasperware with green dip and white applied reliefs), ca. 1795, on a design by Camillo Pacetti; London, Victoria & Albert Museum, inv. no. 4938-1901.