In the sarcophagus of Lucius Pullius Peregrinus, what is the most likely reason why the portrait head of the wife is featureless?
A) ?His wife suffered a damnatio memoriae after her death, and her portrait was erased.
B) ?He was probably unmarried at the time of his death, and the portrait was never completed.
C) ?His wife predeceased him, and her portrait was erased.
D) ?He rejected the idea of burial with his wife and wanted to change the portrait to something else.
B
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