Dated back to the 2nd century. d. C and probably belonged to a couple
A Roman funerary monument shines again near Venice
Il monumento funerario di Concordia Sagittaria
E. Bramati
29/06/2014
Venice - After six months, the funerary monument discovered in a Roman necropolis in Concordia Sagittaria between October and December 2013 was placed under the loggia of the city hall.
It dates from the late 2nd century A.D. and is composed of a podium of Aurisina limestone blocks and the remains of two Proconnesian marble sarcophagi. While one of them shows now only a few fragments, the lid of the second remained almost intact, with floral decorations and the head of Medusa.
When the monument was rebuilt, the base of the podium was replaced by a concrete one, leaving the original stone on the site of the discovery, view of a future archaeological redevelopment of the area.
The size of the structure looks impressive, because once it was supposed to represent the social status of a wealthy client. The two tombs were identified hanks to an inscription from two fragments: the former belonged to Titus Vettius, a senior official of the imperial Roman colony of Iulia Concordia, the latter contains a woman, Regontia, probably his wife.
The excavation campaign, coordinated by the Veneto Region in collaboration with the Soprintendenza for the Archaeological Heritage, unearthed also smaller limestone tombs from the 3rd century AD, two of which will be displayed next to the monument under the loggia.
It dates from the late 2nd century A.D. and is composed of a podium of Aurisina limestone blocks and the remains of two Proconnesian marble sarcophagi. While one of them shows now only a few fragments, the lid of the second remained almost intact, with floral decorations and the head of Medusa.
When the monument was rebuilt, the base of the podium was replaced by a concrete one, leaving the original stone on the site of the discovery, view of a future archaeological redevelopment of the area.
The size of the structure looks impressive, because once it was supposed to represent the social status of a wealthy client. The two tombs were identified hanks to an inscription from two fragments: the former belonged to Titus Vettius, a senior official of the imperial Roman colony of Iulia Concordia, the latter contains a woman, Regontia, probably his wife.
The excavation campaign, coordinated by the Veneto Region in collaboration with the Soprintendenza for the Archaeological Heritage, unearthed also smaller limestone tombs from the 3rd century AD, two of which will be displayed next to the monument under the loggia.
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