TOMB 87 Tek

Tomb 87 is one of the tombs of which the enclosure was built immediately (see tomb 34, 75,
88 and 90). Like the previous tomb, the façade is richly decorated with flowers
cut of pumice-stone. Tomb 87 has been built in the open space between
tombs 86 and 88 and lies a little bit more backwards than the other graves.
There is a biclinium at the entrance.
Above the entrance, surrounded by a nice cornice of garlands
with a rosette in top is an inscription:

P(ublius) VARIVS AMPELVS
ET VARIA ENNVCHIS
FECERVNT SIBI ET
VARIAE P(ubli) F(iliae) SERVANDAE PATRONAE
ET LIBERT(is) LIBERTABVS POSTERISQ(ue) EORVM
ITA NE IN HOC MONIMENTO SARCOPHAGVM
INFERATVR H(oc) M(onumentum) H(eredem) F(amiliae) EX(terum) NON S(equetur)
IN FRONTE P(edes) X S(emis) (quadrans) IN AGRO P(edes) XXXIII

click to enlarge photographPublius Varius Ampelus and Varia Ennuchis have built
this monument for themselves and for Varia Servanda, daughter of Publius, their patron, and the descendants, in such a way that no sarcophagus may
be brought in. The monument cannot be inherited by someone
outside the family.
The area measures in width 10,75 feet, in depth 33 feet.

(click to continue tomb 87)