HGE39 and HGE39A Pompeii. Herculaneum Gate East Side. Tomb of the Cei (Kockel)?

Nameless tomb (Eschebach). (Eschebach East 39, Kockel Nord 39).

 

According to Kockel, on the 20^th April 1813 a marble plaque with remains of stucco on the edges was found at the side of the tomb.

He attributes it to HGE39. It had the inscription

 

L CEIO L F MEN LABEONI

ITER D V I D QVINQ

MENOMACHVS L

 

A second marble plaque contained the inscription

 

CEIAE L F VXOR

 

Also found were three steles in herm form with inscriptions

 

L CEIVS COM

MVNIS

 

L CEIVS L L

LVCIFER

 

LVCCEIA IANVARIA

 

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) these read

 

L(ucio) Ceio L(uci) f(ilio) Men(enia) Labeoni

iter(um) d(uum)v(iro) i(ure) d(icundo) quinq(uennali)

Menomachus l(ibertus)       [CIL X 1037]

 

Ceiae L(uci) f(iliae) uxor[i..]        [CIL X 1038]

 

L(ucius) Ceius Com

munis         [CIL X 1039]

L(ucius) Ceius L(uci) l(ibertus

Lucifer / [        [CIL X 1040]

 

Lucceia Ianuaria      [CIL X 1022]

 

Both plaques are now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

See Kockel V., 1983. Die Grabbauten vor dem Herkulaner Tor in Pompeji. Mainz: von Zabern. (p. 176-7).

 

HGE39 Pompeii. May 2006. Front of tomb with statues in storage.

According to Kockel some of these statues with certainty belong to HGE39.

However no accurate finding reports are available so this cannot be shown for certain.

See Kockel V., 1983. Die Grabbauten vor dem Herkulaner Tor in Pompeji. Mainz: von Zabern. (p. 177, Taf. 63).

 

HGE39 Pompeii. Postcard c.1900. Looking along Via dei Sepolcri across front of HGE39.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

HGE39 Pompeii. Old postcard, looking along Via dei Sepolcri across front of HGE39.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

HGE39 Pompeii. Old postcard. Looking along Via dei Sepolcri with the front of HGE39 at bottom left.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

HGE39 Pompeii. May 2006. North side.

 

HGE39 Pompeii. May 2006. Cippi in front of doorway in north wall.

 

HGE39 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking through doorway into tomb.

 

HGE39A Pompeii. May 2006. Looking towards rear of HGE38.

 

HGE39A Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north.

 

HGE39A Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east along north side of HGE43 and HGE39 to HGE39A. 

 

HGE39 Pompeii. Found on 8^th May 1813 was a fragment of an inscription with the words SERVILIA AMICO ANIM.

This led to the tomb being also referred to as the Tomb of Servilia.

See Clarac F. de, 1813. Fouille faite à Pompei en présence de S. M. la Reine des Deux Siciles, le 18 Mars 1813.   (p. 44).

 

In February 2011 Dr Peter Kruschwitz and Virginia Campbell from the University of Reading, UK, identified the piece as being part of the HGE34 tomb tablet.

This added the name of Servilia, the wife of Lucius and the tablet now translates as

 

‘Lucius Caltilius Pamphilus, freedman of Lucius, member of the Collinian tribe, for his wife Servilia, in a loving spirit.'

The tablet is now in Naples Archaeological Museum.