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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 25219473, member: 5682&quot;][ATTACH=full]1606852[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Artifacts, including jewelry and coins, have been uncovered in Roman tombs near the village of Nova Varbovka in Bulgaria. A bronze medalllion of Caracalla minted in Pergamon in AD 214 has also been recovered. These finds date from the early third century AD.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, one of the tombs was a child’s tomb that contained gold earrings, glass bead jewelry, and two glass lacrimatory bottles (or “tear catchers”). (See photo below)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1606851[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A lacrymatory (from the Latin lacrima meaning tear) is a small vessel found in Roman tombs. These were supposedly the bottles in which mourners dropped their tears. More likely, these vessels contained perfumes, fragrances, or unguents for the corpse.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2024/02/medallion-of-emperor-caracalla-found-in-bulgaria/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archaeologymag.com/2024/02/medallion-of-emperor-caracalla-found-in-bulgaria/" rel="nofollow">https://archaeologymag.com/2024/02/medallion-of-emperor-caracalla-found-in-bulgaria/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/02/rare-medallion-of-caracalla-among-high-status-objects-found-in-roman-cemetery/150527/amp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/02/rare-medallion-of-caracalla-among-high-status-objects-found-in-roman-cemetery/150527/amp" rel="nofollow">https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/02/rare-medallion-of-caracalla-among-high-status-objects-found-in-roman-cemetery/150527/amp</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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