Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . tpironPLiiro s co rneuuellVciv/TCa ho KAR^rvscnmvob vrsni IRRo c NATVS -FORT I S- VtKaMIP EN SWiyflo MJtC RMA V16T\i TO PA Rl G5VM^IfVlT^cdivsoL CENSOR Al»11S 3visi\ F Y//AI VDIVtrAiVP* <&jl\ f isftg (^l. cnT-MN«/L<\VOA\N/\.OP;j 13 E. EA B CO ?/ c SARCOPHAGUS OF SEPULCHRAL URN. 112 HANDBOOK OF ARCHEOLOGY. in years, months, and days,—the name of the parent, freedman,or of the friend who raised the monument over the tomb of thedeceased. Frequently the body was placed in a sarcophagus, or marble c
Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . tpironPLiiro s co rneuuellVciv/TCa ho KAR^rvscnmvob vrsni IRRo c NATVS -FORT I S- VtKaMIP EN SWiyflo MJtC RMA V16T\i TO PA Rl G5VM^IfVlT^cdivsoL CENSOR Al»11S 3visi\ F Y//AI VDIVtrAiVP* <&jl\ f isftg (^l. cnT-MN«/L<\VOA\N/\.OP;j 13 E. EA B CO ?/ c SARCOPHAGUS OF SEPULCHRAL URN. 112 HANDBOOK OF ARCHEOLOGY. in years, months, and days,—the name of the parent, freedman,or of the friend who raised the monument over the tomb of thedeceased. Frequently the body was placed in a sarcophagus, or marble coffin,with similar inscriptions ; a very remarkable specimen of this kindis the celebrated sarcophagus of Scipio, found in the tomb of theScipios, at Home. Under the Antonines sarcophagi were frequentlyused. They were embellished with ornaments and elaborate basreliefs. The ashes of the bodies were enclosed in cinerary urns, whichwere composed of various materials, and were varied in form,with or without inscriptions. The urns of the same familywere sometimes deposited in a place prepared for that purpose,generally below the level of the ground. Its interior walls werepierced with several stories of arched niches, in each of which one
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