In 1889, R. Lanciani witnessed the opening of the marble sarcophagus of Crepereia Tryphaena near the Mausoleum of Hadrian. He described the event as follows: As a rule, the ceremony of cutting the brass clamps which fasten the lids of urns and sarcophagi is performed in one of our archaeological repositories, where the contents can be quietly and carefully examined, away from an excited and sometimes dangerous crowd. In the present case, this plan was found impracticable, because the coffin was ascertained to be filled with water which had, in the course of centuries, filtered in, drop by drop, through the interstices of the lid. […] No sooner had the seals been broken, and the lid put aside, than my assistants, myself, and the whole crowd of workmen from the Halls of Justice, were almost horrified at the sight before us.1

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密封和揭示：罗马的坟墓开放实践

1889 年，R. Lanciani 在哈德良陵墓附近见证了 Crepereia Tryphaena 大理石石棺的开放。他将这一事件描述如下：通常，切割固定骨灰盒和石棺盖子的黄铜夹子的仪式是在我们的一个考古资料库中进行的，在那里可以安静而仔细地检查内容物，远离兴奋的，有时甚至是危险的人群。在本案中，这个计划被认为是不切实际的，因为确定棺材里装满了水，这些水在几个世纪的过程中，通过盖子的空隙一滴一滴地过滤了进来。[…] 封印刚被打破，盖子被掀开，我的助手、我自己和司法大厅的全体工人几乎被眼前的景象吓坏了。1