page_title: Married couple funerary reliefs
hierarchical_section_title: Married couple funerary reliefs
caption_attribution_description: English: This type of funerary monument, a framed grave relief, was most common during the era of the Roman Republic (509-27 BC). The realistic treatment of the eyes, the woman's hairstyle, with her long braids wound around her head, and the man's short beard indicate that this is a later example from the Hadrianic (AD 117-138) or Antonine (AD 138-192) period.
context_page_description: Funerary reliefs of married couples were common in Roman funerary art. They are one of the most common funerary portraits found on surviving freedmen reliefs. By the fourth century, a portrait of a couple on a sarcophagus from the empire did not necessarily signify the burial of two spouses but instead demonstrated the importance of the material bond.
context_section_description: Funerary reliefs of married couples were common in Roman funerary art. They are one of the most common funerary portraits found on surviving freedmen reliefs. By the fourth century, a portrait of a couple on a sarcophagus from the empire did not necessarily signify the burial of two spouses but instead demonstrated the importance of the material bond.
caption: Framed grave relief, possibly from the Hadrianic or Antonine period (2nd century CE)
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