Roman stone in the courtyard of the Museum of the Township of Bad Ischl
Esplanade 10, at the passage from the esplanade to the Kurpark garden
Esplanade 10, at the passage from the esplanade to the Kurpark garden
The stone, which was found in 1994 during excavation work of the salt works in the fields of the District of Sulzbach, is said to date back to the 1st to 2nd centuries AD, although the stone is dated by some sources to the 2nd or 3rd century AD, and those sources indicate that the stone formed either the upper part of a Roman funerary monument or the lid of a so-called ash box (i.e., a coffin-like urn).
It is possible that the stone was made in the same local workshop that also produced the Roman stones which are in Sankt Georgen im Attergau, in Mondsee and Salzburg.
On the visible side of the gable-shaped block with slightly curved roof surfaces, there are two half-figured people, presumably a married couple, with their arms held in front of their chests. Since the monument was only roughly crafted and is heavily weathered, no further details can be seen.