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title: Roman Funerary Urn
author: Mark Cartwright
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4422/roman-funerary-urn/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Roman Funerary Urn

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![Roman Funerary Urn](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4422.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4422.jpg)

## Image Caption

A marble funerary urn decorated with scenes depicting the intiation of [Hercules](https://www.worldhistory.org/hercules/) into the Eleusian Mysteries. In the scene visible here a priestess holds a wicker screen over an initiate whose head is covered with a lion-skin. 1st century CE, from [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rome/). (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

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## About the Author

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Cartwright, M. (2016, January 17). Roman Funerary Urn. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4422/roman-funerary-urn/>
### Chicago
Cartwright, Mark. "Roman Funerary Urn." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 17, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4422/roman-funerary-urn/>.
### MLA
Cartwright, Mark. "Roman Funerary Urn." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 Jan 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4422/roman-funerary-urn/>.

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