Sarcophagus Front with the Traditio Legis

In the classic *Traditio Legis* (handing over of the Law), a youthful, bearded Christ sits frontally on a throne, extending a rolled scroll to Peter while Paul witnesses. The Roman idiom—hieratic pose, flanking attendants, and a cosmic step or rock—casts the Church’s mission in imperial visual language. As a tomb front, it declares confidence that the community founded on Peter holds the key to life beyond death.