Text, Marble ossuary with Hellenistic funerary offerings

Agora Museum, Athens, Greece

(Hellenistic period) 13. gold trefoils forming a wreath, 14. gold finger-ring, 15. gold danake (coin to pay the ferryman, Charon), 16. marble ossuary


Hellenistic marble ossuary containing cremated remains and glass vessels
Genre:  323 - 31 BC

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Marble ossuary with Hellenistic funerary offerings


Material: Marble, glass, and goldDate range: 323 - 31 BC (Hellenistic period)Origin: Greece This...

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