VGI Pompeii. Tombs at Porta Vesuvio. Tomba di M. Veio Marcello.

Tomb of Marcus Veius Marcellus.

Vesuvian Gate tombs, Pompeii. 1961. Looking west towards all four tombs. 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 VGI. December 2007. Looking north-east.

Pompeii VGI. February 2020. Looking north-east. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Pompeii VGI. February 2020. Looking north to front of tomb. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Pompeii VGI. May 2015. Marble plaque with Latin inscription. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Pompeii VGI. February 2020. Marble plaque with Latin inscription. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

It reads -

M(arco) VEIO MARCELLO
VIVO LOCVS MONVMENTI
D(ecreto) D(ecurionum).

The tomb was still incomplete at the time of the eruption in 79 AD.

See La Rocca, de Vos, de Vos, 1981. Guida Archeologica di Pompei; II Edizione. Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.  (p. 280).

Pompeii VGI. December 2019. Marble plaque with inscription. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Pompeii VGI. December 2007. Marble plaque with inscription.

Pompeii VGI. December 2007. Marble plaque with Latin inscription. It reads -

M(arco) VEIO MARCELLO
VIVO LOCVS MONVMENTI
D(ecreto) D(ecurionum).

The tomb was still incomplete at the time of the eruption in 79 AD.

See La Rocca, de Vos, de Vos, 1981. Guida Archeologica di Pompei; II Edizione. Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.  (p. 280).

Pompeii VGI. February 2020. Looking south, from rear of tomb. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Pompeii VGI. May 2015. Looking south, from rear of tomb. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Pompeii VGI. March 2009. Interior of the tomb, from above, looking towards south-east corner.

Pompeii VGI. March 2009. Looking south-east across the tomb towards the city walls.