The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon : a history of the early inhabitants of Britain, down to the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity ; illustrated by the ancient remains brought to light by recent research / by Thomas Wright ; with numerous engravings on wood (1902)
e ashes we often findthe coin, the ottering to Charon; and sometimes fragments ofdifferent articles which have been burnt Avith the body. Oneof the small unguent bottles, usually but erroneously calledlachrymatories, is often found within the urn. Sometimes the cinerary urn, with its contents, was… … Roman Sepulchral Urns. if finy, was placed above-ground, as everything of this kindhas been long cleared away. Perhaps each was covered witha small mound of earth. But when Ave open a regular Romancemetery, we usually find the cinerary lu-n surrounded by agroup of vessels of different descriptions,…
Ethnology -- Great Britain · Pottery -- Marks · Great Britain -- History To 1066 · Great Britain -- Antiquities
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