Tomb 16 (Antonine)

Some of the niches in the interior of this tomb were decorated with stucco reliefs (described on a separate page), others, both in the enclosure preceding the interior and in the interior, contain paintings. In the left wall of the enclosure are three niches: a central, semicircular niche, flanked by rectangular niches. The latter have floral motifs, the central one a depiction of a naked man and a woman wearing a mantle. These could be Hercules and Alcestis, or Hermes and Eurydice.

Painting of a man and a woman.
Photo: ICCD E018918.

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In the two rectangular niches flanking the central niche in the left wall of the interior are paintings of two female figures, wearing purple and dark-yellow clothes. One, holding a distaff and spindle, can be identified as the Parco (Fate) Clotho. The other must be the Parca Atropos or Lachesis, but the attributes are not clear.

General view of the interior.
Photo: ICCD E041031.

The Parca Clotho.
Photo: ICCD E017001.

The Parca Atropos or Lachesis.
Photo: ICCD E017000.

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Paintings imitating marble may be a later addition.

Paintings imitating marble.
Photo: ICCD E041113.