Grave goods of Roman Padua generally include only standard equipment, connected with specifically funeral practices such as foods/drinks offerings and scents sprinklings. Items of individual characterization are very unusual, as the objects reminding to professions or activities performed in life. The only exception is given by spinning, sewing/embroidering and weaving tools. The first two items (distaff/spindles and needles) are normally contained in graves identified as feminine by the presence of jewels and toilette tools or set. Fire alterations of color and shape due to the contact with the pyre and the deposition of these objects near the burnt/buried rests reflect their close bond with the deceased and their symbolic meaning as allusion to the traditional work of the mater familias and her virtue. More problems are given by the loom weights because of their provenance from depositions with grave tools barer and less characterized. The meaning could be similar to that of the previous items but we can also relate them to the weaving profession performed in life
