Roman Sarcophagi in their Original Context, Rome and Vicinity von Dr. Katharina Meinecke veröffentlicht am 16.10.2008 [1] Previous [...] original context, the graves. This paper instead aims to reunite coffin and context by evaluating the original setting of the sarcophagi, their position in the tombs and the funerary cult taking place [...] of the placement of sarcophagi inside the burial chambers. In the second part, I will give a brief introduction to the funerary cult practices within the tombs. Most sarcophagi that have been found

implications in a wider context we can compare them with the few roughly contemporary Roman sarcophagi which take the myth of the Niobids as a central theme. [31] On the marble sarcophagi from Rome the myth [...] Bosporan sarcophagi and the marble sarcophagi from Rome share death and flight as a central idea. However, the Roman sarcophagi tell a narrative of death with clear indications of a mythological scene [...] of plaster or clay, which originally formed part of the decoration of wooden sarcophagi. Only fragments of these sarcophagi survive. The appliqués, which have been found in large numbers, were painted