TOMB 94 (continuation)
The enclosure consists of four
columbaria and a corridor between the burial chamber and the street.
An inscription on the right side of the enclosure describes
the subdivision made by one of the
descendants of
the builders of the original tomb. On a marble slab of
30 x 35 cms we can read the following text:
D(is) M(anibus)
C(aius) GALGESTIVS HELIVS LOCO PVRO
EMPTO A VALERIA TROPHIME
FECIT SIBI ET SVIS AEDICVLAM
IVNCTAM PARIETI INTRAN
TIBVS PARTE DEXTRA IN QVA
SVNT OLLAE N(umero) XIIII PRAETER
EAM OLLAM QVAM DONAVIT
TROPHIME GALGESTIO VITALI
EX QVIB(us) OL(lis) I POMPON(iae) CHRYSOPOLI D(ono) D(ed)I(t)
After he has bought an empty place from Valeria
Trophime,
Caius Galgestius Helius has added an aedicula for himself and his family to the wall
on your right hand when you enter, in which you will find
fourteen urns, with exception of one urn given by Trophime
to Galgestius Vitalis. Another of these urns has been donated
to Pomponius Chrysopolis.
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