Ash box

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An ash box is a sarcophagus-like container for the ashes of a cremation .

Ash boxes were used in various ancient cultures (e.g. from Lydia ). However, they are not designed like urns , but rather resemble sarcophagi in terms of structure . However, due to the type of burial, they can be significantly smaller than this. However, this is not mandatory, as some stone coffins from the Rhineland, in which corpse fire has been detected, would also be large enough for a body burial. Ash boxes can be simply designed or provided with inscriptions or reliefs. The so-called Simpelveld sarcophagus is even decorated on the inside.

  • Ash box around 150 BC Chr.

  • Ash box from the 3rd century AD

literature

  • Wolfgang Gaitzsch : Roman silver tableware made from patterns at Jülich. In: Guido von Büren, Erwin Fuchs (Ed.): Jülich, Stadt-Territorium-Geschichte. Jülicher Geschichtsblätter 67/68, 1999/2000, pp. 255–282.

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