HGW04c
Pompeii. Herculaneum Gate West Side. Sepolcro
dei comici pompeiani.
Unnamed grave enclosure. (Eschebach does not list separately from West 4, Kockel Süd 4C).
Area photographed but very little is visible.
HGW04c Pompeii. 1836 plan showing the grave enclosure as 30.
See De Jorio, A., 1836. Guida di Pompei. Napoli: Fibreno. (Pl. 2).
HGW04c Pompeii. December 2006. Site of tombs HGW04b and HGW04c behind HGW04a.
HGW04c Pompeii. December 2006. Site of tombs HGW04b and HGW04c behind HGW04a.
HGW04c Pompeii. December 2006. Site of tombs HGW04b and HGW04c behind HGW04a.
HGW04c Pompeii. 1804 plan showing HGW04 schola, HGW04a centre, HGW04c and HGW04d behind.
The positioning of the staircase leading to HGW4b is incorrect,
See Piranesi, F,
1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce: Tome
I. Paris: Piranesi and Le Blanc. (pl. 34).
HGW04c Pompeii. View outside the principal door to the tomb of Mamia.
See Piranesi, F,
1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce: Tome
2. Paris: Piranesi and Le Blanc. (pl. 42).
HGW04c Pompeii. 1804 drawing of the ustrinum of the tomb of Mamia.
The four masks can be seen on the wall to the right
See Piranesi, F,
1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce: Tome
2. Paris: Piranesi and Le Blanc. (pl. 43).
HGW04c Pompeii. 1804 drawing of the four masks and diverse objects found in the tomb of Mamia.
See Piranesi, F,
1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce: Tome
2. Paris: Piranesi and Le Blanc. (pl. 39).
HGW04c Pompeii. 1777 drawing of tomb and masks by Sir William Hamilton.
Hamilton gives the following descriptions:
A. View of a great sepulchre, or columbarium, out of the gates of the city:
several marble statues, not very well executed, were found therein, which are now in the Museum at Portici.
B. Colossal masks of terra cotta, in the situation in which they were found.
C. C. Under them in vaults were found some sepulchral urns with ashes therein.
One of the urns was of glass, with a cover of the same material;
This urn was deposited in an earthen one, and that again covered with lead, which is now preserved in the Museum at Portici.
D. Uncleared parts of the city.
See Hamilton, W., 1777. Account of the Discoveries at Pompeii. London: Bowyer and Nichols. (p. 14, pl. IX).
HGW04c Pompeii. c.1780 drawing of enclosure.