Lits funéraires de la nécropole gallo-romaine de Saint-Lambert (Fréjus)

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ID7524464
AuthorsIsabelle Béraud (corresponding author), Chérine Gébara
Year1986
Volume19
Issue1
Pages183-205
Publication date1986-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevue archéologique de Narbonnaise (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0557-7705 • E-ISSN: 2117-5683
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/ran.1986.1288
OpenAlexW1983394812
LanguageFR
Citations received34

The Saint-Lambert necropolis extended to the east of the ancient Roman city, on both sides of a road identified as the Via Per Alpes Maritimas. It is bordered by by small, square mausoleums, sometimes set within enclosures. Other, simpler graves were placed in pits carved in the bedrock. Cremations were far more common than burials. This necropolis was used from the lst century B.C. to the 2nd century A.D. Three cremation sites contained the remains of beds decorated with carved bone, on which the deceased was cremated. Inspired by models made of bronze and derived from a Hellinistic type of bed, they can be divided into three main parts : the legs, the frame and armrests called fulcra, which are all decorated with carved bone. The legs were composed of alternating elements, like a baluster. The frame and the fulcrum were faced with decorative moldings or carved floral or figured decoration. This type of decoration is closely related to the Italian beds. The reconstitutions presented are hypothetical, since only incomplete or burnt elements remain ; however, they are based on the few complete beds of the same type known in the Roman world, in particular, the ones in Cambridge, Norcia and New York. From the study of material contained in these graves and their archeological context, these beds can be dated back to the Augustan era

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