TOMB 54 (continuation)Tek

Above the entrance of the burial chamber the following inscription was attached:

D(is) M(anibus)
ATTIA PSYCHE ET
C(aius) ATTIVS ALEXANDER LIB(erti?)
FECERVNT SIBI ET SVIS LIBERTIS
LIBERTABVSQVE POSTERISQVE EORUM
H(oc) M(onumentum) H(eredes) N(on) S(equetur) VENDENDI CAVSA
FIDEIQVE EORVM COMMISSAE
NEQVE FIDVCIARIVS INTROIT(um) HAB(eat)
IN FRONT(e) P(edes) XVIII IN AGR(o) P(edes) XXXVIII

click to enlarge photographTwo freed slaves, Attia Psyche and C. Attius Alexander,
(have erected this monument) for themselves
and for the descendants, for their joint freed slaves,
with their family. Also the use of the grave by
anyone else besides the family was forbidden,
not even when the grave was bought or by a guardian.
The area measured 18 x 28 feet.



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