Sarcophagus Iconography Depicting a Hermaphrodite

Sarcophagus hermaphrodite Diocletian Baths c 300 AD National Roman Museum — Sarcophagus hermaphrodite
Diocletian Baths
c 300 AD
National Roman Museum

I came across a curious sarcophagus at the National Roman Museum house in the Diocletian Baths in Rome. It depicts a (sacred?) hermaphrodite flanked on both sides by various Roman gods. On the side of the sarcophagus is shown an ithyphallic man seemingly pursuing a maiden unawares.

Sarchophagus hermaphrodite full

Sarcophagus hermaphrodite side

Sarchophagus hermaphrodite detail ithyphallic

Jesse WaughDecember 9, 2012National Roman MuseumIthyphallic, Sacred, Sarcophagus, Diocletian, Baths, Terme, Roman, Hermaphrodite, Rome, Sarcophage