Posted in Somewhere other than a cemetery, tagged greek, minneapolis, minneapolis institute of art, minnesota, museum, stele on October 14, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Continuing our visit to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, I photographed this stele – gravestone. The museum identifies the origin of the stele as the Kerameikos, tombs that sat just outside of the city of Athens. Like the Roman box in my last post, this is also marble, dated to the 5th century B.C.
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Posted in Somewhere other than a cemetery, tagged cinerary box, minneapolis, minneapolis institute of art, minnesota, museum, roman on October 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »
This Roman marble box is used to hold cremated remains. The Minneapolis Institute of Art dates the box to the 1st century and states that the inscriptions indicate the remains are that of a man and woman who were freed slaves.
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A Grave Concern 