One of the most common types of figural Roman sarcophagi shows a wedding scene. The sarcophagus is meant ultimately to hold the remains of both husband and wife, who will then remain together in the hereafter. Frequently, if the couple was willing to pay for it, the lid might show the husband and wife reclining together. In some cases, they are joined by the figure of a child, likely one who died young or who was lost in childbirth. In those cases, the child might also be interred with the parents that they might be reunited in the great beyond. The wedding scenes are fairly conventional. The husband and wife join hands to make their vows, a priestess behind them and a cupid below, pulling their hands together. One either side are fertility figures: to the left (the man’s side) a figure with a bare torso holds a crown of wheat aloft, while on the right (the woman’s side) a female figure holds a cornucopia, indicative of the hope for a marriage with lots of children. Sometimes Juno, Venus, or Hymen– goddesses related to marriage and Eros–are also attendants at the wedding.