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In ancient Pompeii, archaeologists have discovered two nearly life-size statues carved into a tomb's wall.
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It looks like the figures depict a married couple.The woman clutching the laurel leaves may have been a priestess, according to experts. By Sonja Anderson
The figures adorn the wall of a tomb found in a necropolis near one of Pompeii’s city gates. Pompeii Archaeological Park Inside a cemetery in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius'
explosion in 79 CE, two statues that are almost life-size have been found.The figures, according to experts, are a funerary relief of a couple who were buried there.According to a statement from Pompeii Archaeological Park, the figures are on the wall
of a tomb that was discovered in a necropolis next to Porta Sarno, one of Pompeii's city
gates.Cremation burials abound in the cemetery.Numerous niches that formerly housed funeral urns and a carved relief showing a woman and man standing side by side are carved into the tomb's wall.The statues were probably sculpted during Rome's Late Republican era (between the
second and first century B.C.E.), according to scholars writing in the park's digital
journal.This type of tomb is uncommon in southern Italy.Although they state they can not be positive, the experts speculate that the burial
sculptures depict a married couple.The director of the archaeological park, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, tells Angela Giuffrida
of the Guardian, "This may be her husband, but it could equally be her son.""We do not know because there was no inscription."
The man and woman may represent a married couple, but researchers say they can't be sure. Pompeii Archaeological Park
The woman is dressed in a big cloak over a tunic and several ornaments, while the male
figure is dressed simply in a toga.Her carved jewelry comprises bracelets, a necklace with a lunula pendant (formed like
a crescent moon), amphora-shaped earrings, and a wedding ring.To ward off evil, Roman girls wore lunula amulets until marriage, according to the experts.The female figure is holding laurel leaves in her right hand, which were originally used
to purify areas by Roman priestesses and priests.She has a cylindrical object in her left hand that might be a scroll.Zuchtriegel told the Guardian, "She actually appears like a highly significant woman in
the local elite.""With these plants and what looks to be a papyrus roll in her hands, there is also the
notion that she might have been a priestess of Ceres."The Roman goddess of motherhood, fertility, and agriculture is Ceres.According to the journal, she was associated with the moon in Roman religion since its
phases were believed to correlate with harvests. This could account for the female
statue's lunula pendant.
The female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests used to purify spaces. Pompeii Archaeological ParkThe researchers explain, "Being a priestess was the greatest social position towhich a woman might aspire, as women in Roman society were typically relegated to the domestic realm and the chores of the Roman matron."
Sophie Hay, a British archaeologist at Pompeii, tells the Telegraph's Nick Squires that
priestesses, as leaders of religious cults, "would have overseen rituals in temples and
taken part in processions dedicated to Ceres."She was connected to fertility and fresh life in addition to being the goddess of
agriculture and cereals.She was highly regarded.Just the antiquity and quality of the funerary reliefs make them unique discoveries.However, the researchers argue that the discovery is remarkable because the female
figure might be a priestess clutching holy artifacts.With fresh proof that Ceres "had a distinct place in the officially sanctioned religion in
Pompeii, with a devoted priestess," the statue also sheds light on the religious customs
of the city's ancient inhabitants.The burial reliefs will be on show at the archaeological park later this month as part
of the "Being a Woman in Ancient Pompeii" exhibition.Experts will be cleaning and conserving the sculpted statues while visitors watch.
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