Pompeii Porta Nocera Tombs. South West side of Via delle Tombe.

Tomb 9OS. Tomb of a magistrate?

Porta Nocera Tombs Plan

Pompeii Porta Nocera. 2016/2017.

Tomb 9OS. Looking south towards Tomb of a magistrate? Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 9OS. Tomb of a magistrate?

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 9OS. Statues of the seated couple in the tomb.

The couple are destined to remain anonymous as there are no inscriptions.

The roll in the hand of the male character would suggest a function of magistrate who would be well in keeping with the dignity of the monument.

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. (9OS)

Pompeii Porta Nocera. Tomb 9OS. Tomb of a magistrate?

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. Tomb 9OS. Tomb of a magistrate? Two columellae at front of tomb.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

According to Stefano De Caro, in the space in front of the façade five columellae were found, three of which appear in situ in the excavation photos [1954] and only one in tuff is preserved in front of the SE corner of the tomb. In front of this, under a stone slab put for protection, a cinerary urn was found. Two other urns were found in correspondence with the next columella towards the west and one finally "between the fourth and fifth columella". Today [1983], not in situ, a lava columella lies in the area.

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, 9OS.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. 1964. Tomb 9OS. Looking south. 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. May 2006.

Tomb 9OS. Tomb of a magistrate?  View from east side showing female seated figure.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 9OS. Tomb of a magistrate?

View from west side showing the tomb set back from tombs 7OS and 11OS.

This would suggest it is of a pre-Augustan late republican age.

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. (9OS)

Pompeii Porta Nocera. 1964.

Tomb 9OS, on left and 11OS, on right. Looking south. 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. May 2006. Tomb 9OS. Looking west along rear south wall of tomb 7OS to wall of Tomb 9OS.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tombs 9OS, 11OS and 13OS from the east.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2011.Tombs 9OS, 11OS and 13OS from the west. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. Tombs 9OS and 11OS.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. 1964. Tombs 9OS and 11OS. Looking south-east at west side of tomb 9OS. 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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