The area around the garland on the left, including the background, has been roughed-out with the point chisel. This was finer work than the initial squaring seen on the surface of the garland.
A clamp hole above the righthand boss shows that the lid of this sarcophagus was secured to the chest, indicating that it was used.
Notes
The two ends of this sarcophagus were worked in slightly different ways. While this end was first squared roughly with a point chisel before further roughing-out was undertaken, on the other end the surface was originally sawn (see PR305_02_07).
