Death

Subject

52 Vessels for the Afterlife

Showcase
Hump Urn with Spirit Hole (1)
Urn (6)
Accessory Vessel (2)
Handle Attachment (4)
Hemmoor Bucket (4)
Situla (7)

Ceramics have been part of the equipment of graves since the Neolithic Age. Drinks and food were filled into the vessels for the journey into the afterlife. Until the Migration Period, clay vessels also served as funerary urns for cremated human bones. A special feature are Roman metal vessels, which were often used as urns by the Germanic tribes in secondary use.

Info: Showcase 52

Urn with "Spirit Hole"

Age: um 250 n. Chr. Roman Imperial Period

Material: Ceramics

Location: unknown

Accessory Vessel

Age: um 100 n. Chr. Roman Imperial Period

Material: Ceramics

Location: HH-Langenbek

Bowl (deeply engraved)

Age: um 2500 v. Chr. Neolithic period

Material: Ceramics

Location: HH-Fischbek

Hemmoor Bucket

Age: um 250 n. Chr. Roman Imperial Period

Material: Brass

Location: Altenwalde

Urn with Cremation

Age: um 400 n. Chr. Migration period

Material: Ceramics

Location: HH-Kirchsteinbek

Urn

Age: um 750 n. Chr. Middle Ages

Material: Ceramics

Location: Maschen

Urn with Cremation

Age: um 100 v. Chr. Iron Age

Material: Ceramics

Location: Ehestorf-Vahrendorf