After carefully opening the tomb after two millennia, the archaeologists found in the grave a glass urn containing the ashes of the deceased, a coin, two glass bottles and two glasses, a bronze box, a spatula (cosmetic accessory), and a very intriguing meticulously decorated brass container of interesting shape, explained the Museum and galleries of the city of Ljubljana.

The brass container is engraved on the outside with animal and plant motives, which complies with belief in afterlife. Romans used to put in graves such items which they considered could help the deceased on their travel into afterlife, and objects which the deceased treasured, or used them in his or her work.

As the archaeologist in charge Martin Horvat explained, the tools found with the ashes among decomposed wood were most certainly tools of profession. "The objects had been stored in a wooden box, which fell apart and disintegrated. The bronze scalpels with iron handles, tweezers, a needle and other objects are practically the same as tools we can still today find in a doctor's or dentist's office."

K. T.; Translated by G. K.