 Sarcophagi were also decorated with reliefs of symbolic or mythological content, often derived from Tarentine models.Sarcophagi of this type, which continue until the second century, are found in such numbers at Tarquinia that they must have been manufactured locally.The walls of the tomb-chambers of the late period are painted with underworld demons escorting the dead on their journey to the beyond, scenes in the nether world, processions of magistrates and other symbols of the rank of the eminent members of the families buried there.