The sarcophagus of Simpelveld is a sculpted sandstone sarcophagus from Roman times, found in 1930 in the Dutch Limburg village of Simpelveld, now in the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. Replicas can be found in the Roman Exposition in Bocholtz (Wilhelminastraat 17) and the Thermenmuseum in Heerlen.
The sarcophagus was found on December 11, 1930, along with two other sandstone sarcophagi, when miner Andreas J. Wierts from Simpelveld was carrying out excavation work on his property on Stampstraat in the center of the village.
Of the three ash chests, two had been looted. The third, which became known as the 'sarcophagus of Simpelveld', still contained a number of grave goods: some gold jewelry, a silver mirror, a glass vial, a pottery vial and a few other objects.
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