The colours of death: roman cinerary urns in coloured stone

As coloured marbles began to be imported to Rome, from the 1st century BC funerary urns in Egyptian alabaster, purple porphyry and, sometimes, granite, appear in Roman burials. Relatively rarer than the other ash receptacles they pose questions regarding their selection and use. Recorded find-spots...

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Autor: Perna, Simona
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Simbolisme dels colors -- Història
Marbre -- Roma
Arqueologia funerària -- Roma
90
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spelling The colours of death: roman cinerary urns in coloured stonePerna, SimonaSimbolisme dels colors -- HistòriaMarbre -- RomaArqueologia funerària -- Roma90As coloured marbles began to be imported to Rome, from the 1st century BC funerary urns in Egyptian alabaster, purple porphyry and, sometimes, granite, appear in Roman burials. Relatively rarer than the other ash receptacles they pose questions regarding their selection and use. Recorded find-spots are columbaria and funerary monuments belonging to wealthy individuals, including liberti, and, in some circumstances, the Imperial family. In the realm of death the concern of certain Roman social groups for visibility and memory is evident, and the use of urns in exotic coloured stone may be seen as an important means of affirming social differentiation and prestige. This paper offers some interpretations of stone symbolism connected to death investigating in what ways these urns could be perceived as objects of self-promotion given the importance conferred to marble in Roman society.Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica2012info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart14 p.application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2072/443554RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésGuitierrez Garcia-M, A, Lapuente, P. and Roda, I. (eds), Interdiscplinary Studies on Ancient Stone: Proceedings of the IX ASMOSIA Conference (Tarragona, Spain, del 8 al 3 de iuni 2009), ICAC, Tarragona, p. 787-800Documenta;23© d’aquesta edició, Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (ICAC). © d’aquesta edició, les editores; i dels articles, els autors. © de la fotografi a de la coberta: ICACinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2072/4435542026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The colours of death: roman cinerary urns in coloured stone
title The colours of death: roman cinerary urns in coloured stone
spellingShingle The colours of death: roman cinerary urns in coloured stone
Perna, Simona
Simbolisme dels colors -- Història
Marbre -- Roma
Arqueologia funerària -- Roma
90
title_short The colours of death: roman cinerary urns in coloured stone
title_full The colours of death: roman cinerary urns in coloured stone
title_fullStr The colours of death: roman cinerary urns in coloured stone
title_full_unstemmed The colours of death: roman cinerary urns in coloured stone
title_sort The colours of death: roman cinerary urns in coloured stone
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Perna, Simona
author Perna, Simona
author_facet Perna, Simona
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Simbolisme dels colors -- Història
Marbre -- Roma
Arqueologia funerària -- Roma
90
topic Simbolisme dels colors -- Història
Marbre -- Roma
Arqueologia funerària -- Roma
90
description As coloured marbles began to be imported to Rome, from the 1st century BC funerary urns in Egyptian alabaster, purple porphyry and, sometimes, granite, appear in Roman burials. Relatively rarer than the other ash receptacles they pose questions regarding their selection and use. Recorded find-spots are columbaria and funerary monuments belonging to wealthy individuals, including liberti, and, in some circumstances, the Imperial family. In the realm of death the concern of certain Roman social groups for visibility and memory is evident, and the use of urns in exotic coloured stone may be seen as an important means of affirming social differentiation and prestige. This paper offers some interpretations of stone symbolism connected to death investigating in what ways these urns could be perceived as objects of self-promotion given the importance conferred to marble in Roman society.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Guitierrez Garcia-M, A, Lapuente, P. and Roda, I. (eds), Interdiscplinary Studies on Ancient Stone: Proceedings of the IX ASMOSIA Conference (Tarragona, Spain, del 8 al 3 de iuni 2009), ICAC, Tarragona, p. 787-800
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