TOMB 97
Tomb 97 is detached on all sides. The original
door is located on the north side, somewhat to the
left of the centre. On the east side of the façade we find an
inscription on a marble
so-called "tabula ansata" surrounded by a beautiful cornice:
DIIS MANIBVS
IVLIAE L(uci) F(iliae) APOLLONIAE MATRI PIISSIMAE
C(aius) ANNIVS PROCVLVS ET C(aius) NYMPHIDIVS OGVLNIANVS
FECERVNT ET SIBI LIBERTIS LIBERTABVS POSTERISQVE EORVM
IN FRONTE P(edes) XXV IN AGRO P(edes) XXV
According to the inscription this monument
was made by Caius Annius Proculus and
Caius Nymphidius Ogulnianus for their very pious mother, Iulia
Apollonia, daughter of
Lucius, and for themselves, their freed slaves, and the descendants.
The measurements of the area are 25 x 25 feet. (click
to continue tomb 97)
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