Pompeii Porta Nocera Tombs. South west side of Via delle Tombe.
Tombs 25OS to 29OS.
Tomb 25OS. Unidentified tomb
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Looking south.
Side wall of Tombs 23OS and 25aOS, on the left, and to Tomb 27OS, on the right.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 25OS.
This tomb is behind tombs 21OS and 23OS. There were no finds to enable the tomb to be named.
Tomb 25aOS. Tomb of Castricia Prisca
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 25aOS. Tomb of Castricia Prisca.
The tomb originally had painted cherubs, birds and garlands on the front.
A plaque on the tomb had the inscription -
CASTRICIA G(aiae)
LIB(ertae)
PRISCAE VIXIT ANNIS
XXV HIC SITA EST.
SAP inventory number 21003.
Inside at the centre of the back wall was a columella with the inscription -
CASTRICIA G(aiae)
L(iberta) PRISCA
VIX(it) ANN(is) XXV
H(ic) S(ita) E(st).
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 25aOS. Looking north-east from the rear of the tomb.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Looking east towards 25aOS, and crossroads of Via di Nocera and Via delle Tombe.
Tomb 27OS. Tomb of Aulus Campius Antiocus
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 27OS. Tomb of Aulus Campius Antiocus.
A plaque on the tomb had the inscription -
A(ulus) CAMPIVS
T(iti) L(ibertus)
ANTIOCVS.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 31, 29 and 27OS, looking west along the south, rear sides.
Tomb 29OS. Tomb of Lucius Caesius and Annedia
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010.
Tomb 29OS. Tomb of Lucius Caesius and Annedia. Aedicula and podium.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. 1964.
Tomb 29OS. Tomb of Lucius Caesius and Annedia. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 29OS. Aedicula and podium.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 29OS. Aedicula on top of podium.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 29OS. Round marble plaque with inscription -
ANNEDIA Q(uinti) F(ilia)
EX TESTAMENTO
SVO DE SVA PEQVNIA
HEREDES SVOS IV SIT
FIERI MONVMENTVM
SIBI ET L(ucio) CAESIO
C(ai) F(ilio)
D(uo) V(iro) I(ure)
D(icundo) VIRO SVO.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 29OS.
South-east corner with the remains of plaster, taken from the rear of 27OS.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. 2016/2017.
Looking south toward Tomb 29OS, on left, and
31OS, on right. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.