HGE42 Pompeii. Herculaneum Gate East Side. Tomb of M. Arrius M. L. Diomedes.

Tomb of M. Arrius Primigenius, Arriae M. L. Utili and Arrius Hermes. Sepolcro degli Arrii.

Sepolcro di famiglia Arria. Excavated 1774. (Eschebach East 42, Kockel Nord 42).

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HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking across Via di Sepolcri.

 

HGE42 Pompeii. 1824 drawing by Mazois showing HGE42 on left with HGE41 on right.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris: Didot Freres. (pl. 4, fig. 1).

 

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. Two columellae in front of south side of tomb.

 

Pompeii. December 2006. Columella found in situ at front of HGE42.

According to Kockel it is not mentioned in the excavation reports.

He presumes it to have been found in 1774 at the same times as the marble plaques.

See Kockel V., 1983. Die Grabbauten vor dem Herkulaner Tor in Pompeji. Mainz: von Zabern. (p. 181).

This columella has the inscription

M ARRIO

PRIMOGENI

 

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this reads

 

M(arco) Arrio

Primogeni        [CIL X 1045]

 

Pompeii. December 2006. Columella found in situ at front of HGE42.

This columella has the inscription

ARRIAE M L

VTILI.

 

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this reads

 

Arriae M(arci) l(ibertae)

Utili       [CIL X 1044]

 

According to Kockel it is not mentioned in the excavation reports.

He presumes it to have been found in 1774 at the same times as the marble plaques.

The back takes the form of a feminine hairstyle with a bun at the back of the head.

See Kockel V., 1983. Die Grabbauten vor dem Herkulaner Tor in Pompeji. Mainz: von Zabern. (p. 181).

 

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2006. West and south sides of tomb.

 

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking across Via di Sepolcri.

 

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking across Via di Sepolcri. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2006. West and south sides of tomb.

 

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2006. Marble plaque on front south side of tomb. The inscription reads -

M ARRIVS M L DIOMEDES

SIBI SVIS MEMORAIE

MAGISTER PAG AVG FELIC SVBVRB    [CIL X 1042]

 

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this reads

 

M(arcus) Arrius (mulieris) l(ibertus) Diomedes

sibi suis memoriae

magister pag(i) Aug(usti) felic(is) suburb(ani)      [CIL X 1042]

 

According to Cooley, this translated as –

Marcus Arrius Diomedes, freedman of a woman, (set this up) to himself and his family to their memory;

President of the Fortunate Augustan Suburban Country District.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii : A Sourcebook. London : Routledge. (p.132)

 

 

HGE42 Pompeii. 1824 drawing by Mazois showing front of tomb. The rendering of the plaque is inaccurate.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris: Didot Freres. (pl. 4, fig. 5).

 

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. East side with remains of top three stucco panels.

 

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. Columella at the base of east side of tomb.

 

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north from east side across tomb enclosure to HGE43.

 

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. North side of tomb.

 

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2006. HGE42 on left, HGE40 centre and HGE38 on right.

According to Kockel, during excavations near the tomb in 1946 a heavy limestone plaque was found.

It had the inscription

 

ARRI(us) H(er)MES

PATRI FEC(it)

DE SUO

 

See Notizie degli Scavi, 1946, 129 Nr. 411.

See Kockel V., 1983. Die Grabbauten vor dem Herkulaner Tor in Pompeji. Mainz: von Zabern. (p. 181).

 

 

 

 

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