TOMB 94 (continuation)
The enclosure has been built probably about
150 AD and was used exclusively for interring urns.
Above the entrance of the enclosure we find an inscription on a
marble slab
of 35 x 78 cms, once flanked by two reliefs.
Unfortunately, the reliefs are lost.
DIS MANIBVS
TROPHIMVS CAES(aris) N(ostri) SER(vus) ET CLAVDIA
TYCHE SIBI ET CLAVDIAE SATVRNINAE
FILIAE PIENTISSIMAE QVAE VIXIT ANN(is)
XV MENSIBVS VI DIEB(us) XIII ET LIBERTIS
LIBERTABVS POSTERISQVE EORVM
COMPARATO LOCO A VALERIA
TROPHIME P(ro) P(arte) IIII HVIVS MONVMENT(i)
The inscription tells us that the monument
was erected by Trophimus,
slave of our Emperor, and by Claudia Tyche for themselves and for
their most pious daughter Claudia Saturnina, who lived fifteen years,
six months and thirteen days, for their freed slaves, and the descendants.
A fourth part of the monument (probably only of the enclosure) was
bought from Valeria Trophime.
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