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Family funerary stele

Langres, 1st–3rd centuries CE
Limestone

Andemantunum (now Langres), the main settlement of the Gallic tribe of the Lingones, was home to four large necropolises. Excavations have uncovered significant vestiges associated with Roman funeral rites. Funerary stelae like this one used to mark out cremations in a necropolis. They might name the deceased, state their profession, and say something about them or their relatives.