TOMB 98

Behind tomb 97, on the side of the ancient coastline, two small tombs have been found during the first excavation campaign. The graves are called tomb 98 and tomb 98bis.
Tomb 98 was a tomb "a cassone" measuring 2,40 x 0,85 metres.
The tomb had the following inscription on a marble slab
of 28 x 35 cms:

D(is) M(anibus)
ANTONIAE TYCHE
MATRI OPTIMAE FEC(erunt)
MMM(arci tres) ANTONII
VITALIS CAPITO IANVARIVS
FILII PIISSIMI

The pious sons, Marcus Antonius Vitalis, Capito and Ianuarius have built this grave for their outstanding mother Antonia Tyche.

Tomb 98 dates from the time of Trajan or Hadrian, and is older than tomb 95, on which we can read that one of the sons, Marcus Antonius Vitalis, has built himself a tomb.
Tomb 98 cannot be seen today.

(click for tomb 98bis)