A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 235
, during theperiod of the Republic, burnedtheir dead. This system con-tinued under the early Empire,but gradually gave way toburial under the influence ofChristianity. Several examplesof Roman cinerary urns andsepulchral relief are here shown.These urns are of various shapes,but the altar-form (No.… … Fig. 260.—Canopic Ubn (No. 678).Ht. 1 ft. 11 in.
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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