Funerary Monument Project

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Step 1: Decide who will be buried in the monument

• Single individual, couple (husband and wife), or multiple people (full families, family and friends, etc)

Step 2: Decide between cremation and inhumation

• Cremation
• Inhumation

Step 3: Decide if you want to be buried in a burial society's communal tomb

• Burial societies
  • The Porta Romana Columbarium
  • The Porta Marina Columbarium
  • The Porta Laurentina Columbarium
  • The Porta Laurentina Catacomb

Step 4: Choose the type of funerary monument

• Cippus
• Funerary altar
• Columbarium
• Miniature columbarium
• Monument over a chamber
• Large monument

Step 5: Choose a location for your burial

• The Porta Romana Necropolis
• The Porta Laurentina Necropolis
• The Porta Marina Necropolis

Step 6: Decide on the Burial Container

• Funerary urn
• Sarcophagus
• Ossuary

Steps 7 and 8: Add a Relief Sculpture Portrait and/or Sculptures

• Artwork Associated with Tombs

Steps 9 and 10: Write the Inscription

• Monument Inscriptions
• Columbarium Epitaphs
• Eulogia Inscriptions