Pompeii Porta Nocera Tombs. North East side of Via delle Tombe.

Tombs 22EN to 32EN.

Porta Nocera Tombs Plan

Tomb 22EN. Tomb of Lucius Publicius Syneros, Aebia Fausta, Lucius Aebius Aristo and Aebia Hilara

Pompeii Porta Nocera. August 2021.

Looking west along north side of Via delle Tombe, from near Tomb 22EN, on right. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. 2016/2017. Looking west from tomb 22EN, on right. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. October 2024. Tomb 22EN, looking north from Via delle Tombe. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. December 2018. Tomb 22EN, looking north from Via delle Tombe. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2011.

Tomb 22EN, Tomb of Lucius Publicius Syneros, Aebia Fausta, Lucius Aebius Aristo and Aebia Hilara. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 22EN, Tomb of Lucius Publicius Syneros, Aebia Fausta, Lucius Aebius Aristo and Aebia Hilara.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. October 2024.

Tomb 22EN, Tomb of Lucius Publicius Syneros, Aebia Fausta, Lucius Aebius Aristo and Aebia Hilara. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006.Tomb 22EN, Tomb of Lucius Publicius Syneros, Aebia Fausta, Lucius Aebius Aristo and Aebia Hilara.

Plaque with Latin inscription:

L(ucius)  PVBLICIVS  SYNEROS

ET  AEBIAE  L(uci)  L(ibertae)  FAVSTAE

ET  L(ucio)  AEBIO  L(uci)  L(iberto)  ARISTONI  PATR(i)

ET  AEBIAE  L(uci)  L(ibertae)  HILARAE

SIBI  ET  SVIS.

There is an extra O, at the end of the fourth line, after HILARAE.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006.Tomb 22EN. Columelle at the rear.

Tomb 24EN. Tomb with a male columella

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 24EN, on left, and Tomb 22EN, on the right with the columelle.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 24EN, behind the highest wall. Inside the tomb was a columella for a male but with no inscription.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tombs 24EN, 26EN and 28EN.

Pompeii Porta Nocera December 2018. Looking north-west along Via delle Tombe. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. March 2014. Tomb 24EN, with the collapsed wall.

Tomb 26EN. Tomb with a male columella

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tombs 28EN, 26EN and 24EN from the rear. Looking south.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 26EN (left) and side of 28EN. 

A columella for a male was found inside tomb 26EN. There was no inscription.

Pompeii Porta Nocera tombs. October 2024.

Looking north from Via delle Tombe towards Tombs, City Walls and Tower III. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Tomb 28EN. Tomb of unidentified person

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 28EN, there were no finds to identify a name.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 28EN, looking north.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 28EN from the rear. Looking south.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Side of Tomb 28EN and gap to tomb 30EN.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Side of Tomb 28EN and gap to tomb 30EN. Looking north.

Tomb 30EN. Tomb of Melissaea, daughter of Numerius Melissaeus, and two Marcus Servilius’, father and son

Pompeii Porta Nocera. December 2018.

Looking north from Via delle Tombe, towards tomb 30EN, on left and 32EN, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 30EN.

Tomb of Melissaea, daughter of Numerius Melissaeus, and two Marcus Servilius’, father and son.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. December 2011. Tomb 30EN. Graffito of an archer, part of a hunt scene.

Pompeii Porta Nocera.  May 2006. Tomb 30EN, marble plaque with inscription:

MELISSAEAE  N(umeri)  F(iliae)

M(arco)  SERVILIO  P(atri)

M(arco)  SERVILIO  F(ilio)

Pompeii Porta Nocera tombs. October 2024.

Tomb 30EN, looking south-west from rear of tomb. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Tomb 32EN. Tomb of Lucius Sepunius Sandilianus? 

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 32EN, tomb of Lucius Sepunius Sandilianus?  Looking north.

Two lava cippi were found in front of the tomb. One had no inscription. The other had the Latin inscription

L(uci)  SEPVNI  L(uci)  F(ili)

SANDIL[ia]N[i]

[i]N  FRONTEM

P(edes)  XX  IN  A[g]R(um)

[P](edes)  XX  PVBLICE

DATVM  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. (32EN).

Pompeii Porta Nocera tombs. October 2024.

Tomb 32EN, looking north from Via delle Tombe towards City Walls. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Pompeii Porta Nocera tombs. October 2024.

Tomb 32EN, looking north. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2006. Tomb 32EN, looking north.

Pompeii Porta Nocera. May 2010. Tomb 32EN, looking east towards the west sides of 32EN and 30EN from the rear.

Porta Nocera Tombs Plan