English: The first referenced representation of an hourglass it's in a sarcophagus dated ca. 350aD, representing the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, discovered in Rome in the XVIII century, and studied by
Winckelmann (1717–1768) in the 18th century, who made special emphasis on the hourglass held by Morpheus in his hands
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