TOMB 96 Tek
       

click to enlarge photographIn front of tomb 97 lies the semicircular tomb "a cassone" 96. The small grave lies transverse to the street and has an inscription on a marble slab of 32 x 26 cms on the short side, facing the street:

D(is) M(anibus)
ZOSIMES QVAE VIX(it)
ANNIS VIII MENS(ibus)
VII DIEB(us) XVI AELI
A HEROIS ET MA
TERNVS AUG(usti) LIB(ertus)
TABELL(arius) ALVMNAE
CARISSIMAE
FECERVNT
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Aelia Herois and Maternus, freedman of the Emperor and
his notary, have made this for their beloved pupil, Zosime, who lived eight years, seven months and sixteen days.
Tomb 96 dates back to 150-200 AD.