02 / THE INCINERATION NECROPOLIS

The incineration necropolis of roman imperial age (1st-2nd cent. A. D.) lies outside the large enclosure wall on the south-eastern side. It comprises several small quadrangular hollows, dug into the outcropping rocks or on basalt stones (cippi); the graves of both types had their stone covers in shape of slabs or huts. Each grave was to contain the ashes of the burnt dead bodies and their ritual offerings. The gravestone-urns have the shape of parallelepipeds or truncated pyramids; their surfaces are carefully carved, except for the base, which was to remain under the ground and was therefore only roughly outlined.

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