TOMB 4Tek

Tomb 4 was used for inhumation. Originally the grave was built on one line with 2 and 3.
Later on tomb 4 was enlarged with an enclosure. Besides burials in the walls of the tomb,
many graves were dug under the floor of the tomb and of the enclosure.
During the excavations two graves have been found in the enclosure,
which are from a date before the enclosure. One of the graves (4a),
covered with a barrel vault, had the following inscription:

 

D(is) M(anibus)
EPICTESIS GORGIAE LIB(erta)
FECIT SIBI ET GORGIAE
PATRONO
 

According to the inscription the tomb was built by the freedwoman
click to enlarge pictureEpictesis, for herself and her patron Gorgias. Inside the tomb two bodies were buried, above each other. Both were covered with a roof "alla cappuccina".
The top grave contained the bones of a woman, obviously Epictesis. The grave was clearly closed after the first burial and re-opened again later on, so the woman died later.
A set of golden earrings has been found between the bones of the woman.

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