VGL Pompeii. Tombs at Porta Vesuvio. Tomb of Septumia daughter of Lucius.
Vesuvian Gate tombs, Pompeii. 1961. Looking west towards all four tombs. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Vesuvian Gate tombs, Pompeii. December 2019.
Looking west towards tomb VGL, tomb of Septumia, daughter of Lucius. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Looking
west towards tomb of Septumia, daughter of Lucius. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VGL Pompeii. December 2007. Looking west towards tomb of Septumia.
VGL Pompeii. December 2005. Tomb of Septumia daughter of Lucius.
VGL Pompeii. February 2020. Inscribed
marble plaque on east side of tomb of Septumia. Photo courtesy of
Aude Durand.
VGL Pompeii. December 2019.
Inscribed marble plaque with Latin inscription on east side of tomb of Septumia. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VGL Pompeii. December 2005. Inscribed marble plaque with Latin inscription on east side of tomb of Septumia.
It reads -
SEPTVMIAE L(ucia)
F(iliae)
D(ecreto)
D(ecurionum)
LOCVS SEPVLTVRAE
PVBLICE
DATVS ET IN
FVNERE HS MM
ANTISTIA P(ubli)
F(ilia) PRIMA FILIA
FECIT
According to La
Rocca, de Vos and de Vos this expands to
Septumiae L(ucia)
F(iliae)
D(ecreto)
D(ecurionum)
Locus Sepulturae
Publice
Datus et in
funere HS MM
Antistia P(ubli)
F(ilia) Prima filia
fecit
See La Rocca, de Vos, de Vos, 1981. Guida Archeologica di Pompei; II Edizione. Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. (p.281).
According to Cooley, this translates as -
To Septumia daughter of Lucius.
Granted by decree of the town councillors a burial place and 2000 sesterces for the funeral.
Antistia Prima, daughter of Publius, her daughter, built (this monument).
See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p. 140, G10).