TOMB 75 and 76 (continuation)
Above the entrance of the original courtyard
is a marble slab of 54 x 101 cms with the original inscription from
the time before the division:
D(is) M(anibus)
M(arcus) COCCEIVS DAPHNVS
FECIT SIBI ET SVIS ET LIBERTIS LIBERTABVSQVE
POSTERISQVE EORVM ET
M(arco) ANTONIO AGATHIAE ET SVIS
ET LIBERTIS LIBERTABVSQVE POSTERISQVE EORVM ET
M(arco) VLPIO DOMITO ET SVIS
ET LIBERTIS LIBERTABVSQVE POSTERISQVE EORVM
PER FRONTE PEDES XL IN AGRO PEDES XL
The text says that the tomb was erected by Marcus
Cocceius Daphnus for himself and
his family, for his freed slaves, and for the heirs, for Marcus Antonius
Agathias and his family
and their freedslaves, and the descendants, and for Marcus Ulpius Domitus
with his family,
their freed slaves, and the descendants. The area measures in width 40
feet and in depth 40 feet.
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