Roman military honours were not awarded posthumously, but those won during a soldier's lifetime were often proudly shown on his sarcophagus or cenotaph.
Funerary art, such as relief sculpture on sarcophagi, sometimes showed scenes from the deceased's life, including birth or the first bath.
And for the first time, a royal sarcophagus contains inscriptions, here slightly etched on the hollow interior of the vessel.
This consists of a sarcophagus on which is an urn and two seated putti.
The excavations for the foundations unearthed several archaeological finds, including some sarcophagi.
This includes a site survey (0.5 mecu), development of a plan for dealing with the sarcophagus (2.5 mecu) and turnkey projects for three decommissioning facilities (38.5 mecu).
It would be helpful to know whether that is an additional or new commitment to repair the sarcophagus.
The sarcophagus is not yet safe, which is why new financial resources are required to put this in order.
