TOMB 75 and 76 (continuation)
Above the entrance of the enclosure of tomb
76 we find the inscription that mentions the dividing
of the original tomb:
D(is) M(anibus)
M(arcus) ANTONIVS AGATHIAS
AEDICVLAM PVRAM EX SEPVLCHRO
M(arci) COCCEI DAPHNI CVIVS HERES EST
FACTA DIVISIONE INTER SE ET COHER(e)DES SVOS
ADIECTO DE SVO PARIETE MEDIO ET OSTIO LIBERO
FACTO FECIT SIBI ET
(blank space)
LIBERTIS LIBERTABVSQVE POSTERISQVE EORVM
The
inscription, on a marble slab of 39 x 67 cms,
says that Marcus Antonius Agathias has built
a tomb inside the tomb of Marcus Cocceius
Daphnus, of which he is an heir. After the division
among his fellow-heirs has been made, a wall
shall be erected and a new entrance shall be
placed, The grave will be used for himself, for
his freed slaves, and for the descendants.
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