HGW04a Pompeii. Herculaneum Gate West Side. Tomb of Gens Istacidia.

(Eschebach does not list separately from West 4, Kockel Süd 4A).

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HGW04a Pompeii. 2015/2016.

Looking south-west towards tomb and across to Sorrentine Peninsula. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

HGW01-4a Pompeii. Woodcut by Samuel Palmer, looking along the tombs towards the Herculaneum Gate

See Dickens C., 1846. Pictures from Italy. Whitefriars, London: Bradbury and Evans.

HGW04a Pompeii. December 2006. Looking across tomb from Via dei Sepolcri.

The tomb has a circular aedicula reconstructed on top of the high podium.

There is an enclosure at the front (behind HGW04) with the tomb at the rear.

HGW04a Pompeii. June 2001.

Looking at tomb from Via dei Sepolcri, between HGW03 and HGW04. Photo courtesy Arne Andersson.

HGW04a Pompeii. 1836 plan by De Jorio.

According to De Jorio, the top of the monument was entirely ruined.

On it were found pieces of columns which held up a circular cornice.

There were 6 statues, three of men, each in a toga and three of women, each wearing a pallium (Greek cloak).

In the centre rose a square structure that would hold the main urn.

There were 11 niches in the tomb. Eleven cippi were found outside at c, d and f.

See De Jorio, A., 1836. Guida di Pompei. Napoli: Fibreno. (pl. II).

HGW04a Pompeii. February 2021.

Marble funerary statue of a man wearing a toga, from the Tombs at the Herculaneum Gate, Tomb of gens Istacidia.

Photographed on display in Antiquarium at VIII.1.4. Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

HGW04a Pompeii. 1836 list of cippi inscriptions by De Jorio.

See De Jorio, A., 1836. Guida di Pompei. Napoli: Fibreno. (pl. II).

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) these read

N(umeri)

Istac[id]i N(umeri) f(ilii) S

Menoici       [CIL X 1007]

Suexpiila

CLLCIX        [CIL X 1015]

N(umerio) Istacidio

Campano       [CIL X 1005]

Istacid

i Crisyri       [CIL X 1006]

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3915.

NI H Y AS

NI Nupo P        [CIL X 1016]

Istacidia N(umeri) f(ilia)

Rufilla sacerd(os)

publica      [CIL X 999]

Cn(aeus) Melissaeus

Aper       [CIL X 1008]

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3897.

C(aius) Venerius

Epaphroditus       [CIL X 1013]

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3903.

Kockel also records

L(ucius) Ist[acidius       [CIL X 1004]

Three pieces of marble which together make this inscription:

]ira

[3]oiole

[3]ssaf        [CIL X 1014]

See Kockel V., 1983. Die Grabbauten vor dem Herkulaner Tor in Pompeji. Mainz: von Zabern. (p. 60).

HGW04a Pompeii. Cippus with inscription N. ISTACIDIO CAMPANO.

N(umerio) Istacidio

Campano       [CIL X 1005]

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3917.

HGW04a Pompeii. Cippus with inscription to ISTACIDIA N F RVFILLA.

Istacidia N(umeri) f(ilia)

Rufilla sacerd(os)

publica      [CIL X 999]

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3918.

HGW04a Pompeii. June 2017.

Marble Cippus, on left rear, with inscription ISTACIDIA N F RVFILLA, from second quarter of the 1^st century AD.

Found 1763, on display in exhibition in Naples Archaeological Museum, inv. 3918 (CIL X, 999).

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

According to the information card, it reads –

“Istacidia Rufilla, daughter of Numerius, priestess of Venus”.

The deceased, from an important local family of Oscan origin, is the daughter or sister of N. Istacidius Cilix, a duovir in the Augustan age.

She is one of five priestesses of Venus documented at Pompeii.

(“Istacidia Rufilla figlia di Numerio sacerdotessa pubblica di Venere”).

(La defunta, appartenente ad una importante famiglia locale di origine osca, è figlia o sorella di N. Istacidius Cilix, duoviro in età augustea: è una delle cinque sacerdotesse di Venere note a Pompei).

HGW04a Pompeii. Found 1763. Cippus with inscription to ISTACIDIA N F RVFILLA SACERD PUBLICA.

Istacidia Numeri filia Rufilla sacerdos publica.

She was probably a priestess of Venus.

See Torelli M, 1996. Donne, domi nobiles ed evergeti a Paestum tra la fine della Repubblica e l’inizio dell’Impero. Centre Jean Bérard, S. 5 Note 26.

https://books.openedition.org/pcjb/2682#tocfrom1n5

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3918.

HGW04a Pompeii. May 2006. Looking east from west side, at circular aedicula.

HGW04a Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking west towards east side showing reconstructed circular aedicula. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

HGW04a Pompeii. April 2014.

Looking west towards east side showing reconstructed circular aedicula. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

HGW04a Pompeii. May 2006. East side with reconstructed circular aedicula on top of podium.

HGW04a Pompeii. May 2006. East side podium facing Via dei Sepolcri.

HGW04a Pompeii. May 2006. Parapet on north side.

HGW04a Pompeii. 27th June to 2nd July 1763. Enclosure separating HGW04a and HGW04.

La Vega describes finding three paintings of a tiger on a blue background, two hanging cockerels and a mask.

He also describes a piece of decorated clay with an inscription.

See Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, 2 Addenda, p. 113, no. 9.

HGW04a Pompeii. Found 27th June to 2nd July 1763. Enclosure separating HGW04a and HGW04.

La Vega reports a small piece of clay with a picture of a draped figurine, a flower and a circle with an inscription.

   ANNV

   NOVM FAV

   STVM FEL

   ICEM

   MI HI.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 19953.

See Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, 2 Addenda, p. 113, no. 9.

According to Kockel this may be a lamp.

See Kockel V., 1983. Die Grabbauten vor dem Herkulaner Tor in Pompeji. Mainz: von Zabern. (p. 62).

HGW04a Pompeii. Found 2nd July 1763 on the north wall of the enclosure separating HGW04a from HGW04.

Wall painting of mask. Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9808.

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi.  (p. 44).

See Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, 2 Addenda, p. 113, no. 9.

HGW04a Pompeii. Found 2nd July 1763 on the north wall of the enclosure separating HGW04a from HGW04.

According to Pagano and Prisciandaro these may be from the same tomb as 9808.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9854.

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p. 44).

HGW04a Pompeii. Found 2nd July 1763 on the north wall of the enclosure separating HGW04a from HGW04.

According to Pagano and Prisciandaro these may be from the same tomb as 9808.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9853.

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p. 44).

HGW04a Pompeii. Found 2nd July 1763 on the north wall of the enclosure separating HGW04a from HGW04.

Wall painting of tiger or panther on blue background.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 8650.

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p. 44).

HGW04a Pompeii. Found 2nd July 1763 on the north wall of the enclosure separating HGW04a from HGW04.

Wall painting of tiger or panther on blue background.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8649.

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p. 44).

HGW04a Pompeii. May 2006. North side.

HGW04a Pompeii. May 2006. West side.

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