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    Sarcophagus and grave goods of Crepereia Tryphaena

    During the excavations carried out in 1889 for the construction of the Palace of Justice, the side-by-side sarcophagi of a man and a young woman were brought to light at great depth, identified by the funerary inscriptions as Crepereius Euhodus and Crepereia Tryphaena .
    The discovery caused a huge stir at the time, since the young girl’s sarcophagus, still intact, contained, in addition to the girl’s mortal remains, also her funerary objects, consisting of gold jewels and precious stones, an amber distaff and by a very refined ivory doll with articulated limbs accompanied by small toiletries. The precious kit can be dated around the middle of the 2nd century AD. C. and attests to the wealth achieved by the Crepereii family , rich freedmen probably employed in the service of the imperial house, since the place where the tombs were found has been included in the imperial state property since the time of Nero.

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