TOMB 70
Tomb 70 is a tomb 7quot;a cassone". The grave lies
behind tomb 88.
The little grave has a marble plate of 24 x 32 centimetres with
the following inscription:
D(is) M(anibus) SAC(rum)
SVALLIAE RHEMBA
DI INNOCENTI
VIXIT A(nnis) II M(ensibus) V D(iebus) XXIII
HOR(is) IIX L(ucius) SVALLIVS
LUPIO PARENS
The grave was meant for Suallia Rhembas, the
innocent, who died
at the age of two years, five months, twenty-three days and eight
hours.
The grave was built by her father, Lucius Suallius Lupio.
Tomb 70, covered with earth again, dates from the time of Trajan or Hadrian.
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