Roman burial_EN

Death and afterlife

during

Roman period

Cist grave from the north cemetery of Patras, 2nd c. A.D

Tile covered grave from the north cemetery of Patras, late Roman period

Burial pithos from Saravali (1st c. B.C.-1st c. A.D.)

Marble grave stele belonging to the gladiator Trypheros (2nd – 3rd c. Α.D., Patras)

Sarcophagi

During imperial period only rich families used sarcophagi for burials.

From 2nd c. A.D. there was a great production of sarcophagi in many workshops and this kind of burial became more common.

The most important workshops were in Rome and in Attica.

Attic type sarcophagus (2nd c. A.D., Patras)

Attic type sarcophagus with scene of hunting (150-175 A.D.,

Patras)

Cinerary urns made of clay and bronze (Roman period, Patras)

Marble cist imported from Italy (1st c. A.D., Patras)

Glass cinerary urn

(Roman period, Patras)

Burial offerings

Glass vessels (1st c. A.D., roman cemetery of Mamousia)

Terracotta lamp with a depiction of Eurypylos (late 2nd –early 3rd

c. A.D.)

Bronze oinochoe with tripod base (late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D., cemetery of Mamousia)