{
  "id": 14283530,
  "title": "Mourners Placed an Ancient Sippy Cup in a Roman Toddler's Grave. It May Have Been Meant to Sustain the Child on the Journey to the Afterlife",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/mourners-placed-an-ancient-sippy-cup-in-a-roman-toddlers-grave-it-may",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-13T19:44:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mourners-laced-an-ancient-sippy-cup-in-a-roman-toddlers-grave-it-may-have-been-meant-to-sustain-the-child-on-the-journey-to-the-afterlife-180989673/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Fragments of the spouted cup, known as a \"tettina,\" were unearthed in England over a decade ago. It has recently been restored and put on display for the first time",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}