Amphorae and Urns as Grave Markers in Idumaea, Judaea, and Nabataea

This study explores the use of the funerary symbol of the amphora. It is argued that there is there a connection between loutrophoroi, which occur on stelae used as grave markers in Attica during the 5th and early 4th centuries BCE, the pairs of painted amphorae in Tombs I and II at Marisa in western Idumaea, from the first half of the 3rd century BCE, and the three squat urns without handles that adorn the acroteria of triangular pediments on the facades of tombs and triclinia at Petra and Meda'in Saleh, of the 1st century BCE to the 2nd century CEo Such usage informs interpretation of vessels included on funerary monuments and ossuaries in 1 st century CEJudaea.