Pompeii Porta Nocera Tombs. South East side of Via delle Tombe.
Tombs 11ES to 13ES.
Tomb 11ES. Tomb of Aulus Veius
Atticus, Aulus Veius Nymphius and a circular marble disc of Marcus Herrenius
Epidianus
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 11ES. Tomb of Aulus Veius Atticus. Explored between August and October 1955.
See D’Ambrosio, A. and De Caro, S., 1983. Un Impegno per Pompei: Fotopiano e documentazione della Necropoli di Porta Nocera. Milano: Touring Club Italiano. (11ES).
Pompeii Porta Nocera. Tomb 11ES. Looking south to entrance. Explored between August and October 1955.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
Pompeii Porta
Nocera. May 2011. Tomb 11ES.
Triangular top with cornice around all three sides and marble plaque above the door. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 11ES. Triangular top with cornice around all three sides and marble plaque above the door.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 11ES. Marble plaque with Latin inscription:
A(ulus) VEIO
ATTICO
AVGVSTALI.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 11ES. Painted graffiti on east side of entrance doorway.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 11ES. Painted graffiti on west side of entrance doorway.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 11ES. A circular marble disc was found that does not belong to this tomb.
It carried the inscription
M(arco) HERENNIO
A(uli) F(ilio), EPIDIANO
DVO VIR(o)
I(ure) D(icundo),
(l)OCV(m) MONVMENTO
HONORIS CAVSSA....?
EX D(ecreto) D(ecurionum).
See D’Ambrosio, A. and De Caro, S., 1983. Un Impegno per Pompei: Fotopiano e documentazione della Necropoli di Porta Nocera. Milano: Touring Club Italiano. (11ES).
Pompeii Porta Nocera. September 2009. Tomb 11ES. Double handled glass cremation urn with lid. SAP 59769.
Photographed at “A Day in Pompeii” exhibition at Melbourne Museum.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. September 2009. Tomb 11ES. Marble Columella with inscription:
A(ulus) VEIVS NYMPHIVS V(ixit) A(nnis) XXVIII.
Found in south west corner of tomb. SAP 59764.
Photographed at “A Day in Pompeii” exhibition at Melbourne Museum.
See D’Ambrosio, A. and De Caro, S., 1983. Un Impegno per Pompei: Fotopiano e documentazione della Necropoli di Porta Nocera. Milano: Touring Club Italiano. (11ES).
Tomb 13ES. Tomb of a military man
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tombs 15ES, 13ES and 11ES. Looking south on Via delle Tombe.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 13ES, west wall and the east enclosure wall of Tomb 11ES.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 13ES. Tomb of a military man.
The realistic decoration had a sword, a round shield and military insignia.
According to De Caro this indicated it was the tomb of a military man.
See D’Ambrosio, A. and De Caro, S., 1983. Un Impegno per Pompei: Fotopiano e documentazione della Necropoli di Porta Nocera. Milano: Touring Club Italiano. (13ES).
Pompeii Porta Nocera. 1959. Tomb 13ES. Tomb of a military man. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Pompeii Porta
Nocera. Tomb 13ES.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 13ES, and on the left, the west side of Tomb 15ES.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. West side of Tomb 15ES, and east side of 13ES.
Pompeii Porta Nocera. December 2018.
Looking east along
south side of Via delle Tombe, from 19ES, on left, to 11ES, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.