TOMB 86 (continuation) Tek

click to enlarge photographThe façade of the enclosure lies in line with the enclosure of tomb 87, but protrudes a little bit with regard to tomb 85.
The entrance of tomb 86 is located on the right side of the façade, which has the following inscription:

CLODIA L(uci) LIB(erta)
PREPVSA
FECIT SIBI ET
L(ucio) CLODIO ATIMETO
CONIVGI B(ene) M(erenti) ET
LIBERT(is) LIBERTAB(usque) POSTERISQ(ue) EORVM
H(oc) M(onumentum) H(eredem) F(amiliae) EX(terum) NON S(equetur)
IN FRONT(e) P(edes) XX IN AGRO P(edes) XXXX

Clodia Prepusa, freedwoman of Lucius, has built this monument for herself and for
Lucius Clodius Atimetus, her well-deserving husband, and for her freed slaves, and the descendants.
The tomb could not be inheritated by those who did not belong to the family.
The area measures 20 feet in width and 40 feet in depth.


 (click to continue tomb 86)