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HGE41 Pompeii. Herculaneum Gate East Side. Tomb of Numerius Velasius Gratus.

Tomba del piccolo, o del fanciullo, Grato. (Eschebach East 41, Kockel Nord 41).

 

HGE41 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking past remains of tomb towards HGE42.

HGE41 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking past remains of tomb towards HGE42.

 

HGE41 Pompeii. May 2006. Remains of tomb.

HGE41 Pompeii. May 2006. Remains of tomb.

 

HGE41 Pompeii. May 2006.  Remaining side wall of tomb on right.

HGE41 Pompeii. May 2006.  Remaining side wall of tomb on right.

 

HGE41 Pompeii. May 2006. Tablet with inscription 
N. VELASIO GRATO 
VIX ANN XII.
According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this reads

N(umerio) Velasio Grato
vix(it) ann(os) XII       [CIL X 1041]

Mau translates this as “To the memory of Numerius Velasius Gratus, who lived twelve years”. See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 425).

HGE41 Pompeii. May 2006. Tablet with inscription -

N. VELASIO GRATO

VIX ANN XII.

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this reads

 

N(umerio) Velasio Grato

vix(it) ann(os) XII       [CIL X 1041]

 

Mau translates this as “To the memory of Numerius Velasius Gratus, who lived twelve years”.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 425).

 

HGE41 Pompeii. Old postcard by Stengel. HGE41 is the larger aedicula tomb on the left.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

HGE41 Pompeii. Old postcard by Stengel. HGE41 is the larger aedicula tomb on the left. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

HGE41 Pompeii. 1884 drawing from Overbeck-Mau showing HGE41 on right with HGE42 on left. See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p. 408).

HGE41 Pompeii. 1884 drawing from Overbeck-Mau showing HGE41 on right with HGE42 on left.

See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p. 408).

 

HGE41 Pompeii. 1824 drawing by Mazois showing HGE41 on right with HGE42 on left.
See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris: Didot Freres. (pl. 4, fig. 1).

HGE41 Pompeii. 1824 drawing by Mazois showing HGE41 on right with HGE42 on left.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris: Didot Freres. (pl. 4, fig. 1).

 

 

HGE41 Pompeii. 1824 view from the front by Mazois showing the bench, cippus and the decoration inside the niche.
See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris: Didot Freres. (pl. 4, fig. 8).

HGE41 Pompeii. 1824 view from the front by Mazois showing the bench, cippus and the decoration inside the niche.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris: Didot Freres. (pl. 4, fig. 8).

 

HGE41 Pompeii. 1824 drawing by Mazois showing a cross section from the front to the back.
Also shown is the bench and the cippus.
See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris: Didot Freres. (pl. 4, fig. 9).

HGE41 Pompeii. 1824 drawing by Mazois showing a cross section from the front to the back.

Also shown is the bench and the cippus.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris: Didot Freres. (pl. 4, fig. 9).

 

HGE41 Pompeii. 1884 drawing looking across the rear of HGE42, HGE41, HGE40 to HGE38. Note the statues in place against the front of HGE38 and behind HGE40/41. See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p. 396).

HGE41 Pompeii. 1884 drawing looking across the rear of HGE42, HGE41, HGE40 to HGE38.

Note the statues in place against the front of HGE38 and behind HGE40/41.

See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p. 396).

 

 

 

 

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