TOMB 53

Tomb 53 is also a tomb "a cassone". This small grave has, however, a brick wall with a triangular upper part on the front side.
On this wall, above a small entrance,
a marble slab has been attached
with the following inscription:

D(is) M(anibus)
M(arco) VALERIO FORTV
NATO SER(---) IANVARIA
MATER FIL(io) PIE(ntissimo) SVO FE
CIT SIBI S(uis) VIX(it) ANNIS III
MES(ibus) VIII D(iebus) XXV IN F(ronte) P(edes) X (in) A(gro) P(edes) X

Tomb 53 was, according to the text, erected for her devout son
Marcus Valerius Fortunatus by his mother Sergia Ianuaria, but also
for herself and hers. The son died at the age of three years,
eight months and twenty-five days.
The measurements of the area are 10 x 10 feet.

Tomb 53 dates from the time of Hadrian or Antoninus Pius.