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title: Cremated Ivory Cupids from a Funeral Couch, Rome
author: Francesca Santoro L'hoir
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3178/cremated-ivory-cupids-from-a-funeral-couch-rome/
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# Cremated Ivory Cupids from a Funeral Couch, Rome

_Authored by [Francesca Santoro L'hoir](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/Phyllida/)_

## Image File

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## Image Caption

After cremation, the incinerated bones were picked out and sorted from the charred wood of the fire and the couch on which the body had been laid. While the bones would be collected and placed into an urn, the remains of the wood and couch were gathered and placed in a special jar to be buried under the floor of the columbarium. These ivory cupids, from the Capitoline Museum, on display in 1997 at the Centrale Montemartini, were cremated along with the remains of someone who could afford an expensive funeral (The wooden couch is merely a modern frame to display how they would have appeared.).

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## About the Author

I am a former college professor and Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 1997.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
L'hoir, F. S. (2014, October 25). Cremated Ivory Cupids from a Funeral Couch, Rome. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3178/cremated-ivory-cupids-from-a-funeral-couch-rome/>
### Chicago
L'hoir, Francesca Santoro. "Cremated Ivory Cupids from a Funeral Couch, Rome." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 25, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3178/cremated-ivory-cupids-from-a-funeral-couch-rome/>.
### MLA
L'hoir, Francesca Santoro. "Cremated Ivory Cupids from a Funeral Couch, Rome." *World History Encyclopedia*, 25 Oct 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3178/cremated-ivory-cupids-from-a-funeral-couch-rome/>.

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