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Ashby,T.: The classical Topography of the roman campagna. The via latina. Introduction
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Classical Topography of the Roman Campagna.—III. 63
came from another part of the same tomb. In the last sarcophagus were
found remains of gold thread, as if from cloth of gold. The pavement ot
the chamber was of mosaic, and in one corner was found a well about
20 metres deep, in which was nothing of interest but the fragmentary
inscription no. 74
Close to this tomb another small catacomb was found: it had one
passage only, containing about 40 loculi; in it were found a small copper
‘ caldaio,’ or warming pan, one palm (0'223 m·) in diameter, identical -with the
‘ scaldaletto ’ exhibited by Brunn at the Institute on March 24, 1865
{Bull. Inst. 1865, 87), and also a copper strainer (Benndorf-Schoene,
62, 63). In a chamber close by (Plan, 39) was found a seated female
statue, which was restored as Agrippina and sold by Castellani
{ibid. 64).
In the space between the road and the solidly built brick boundary
walls of the villa (nos. 40, 40' on plan) a number of sepulchral inscrip-
tions (Fortunati pp. 62 seq., nos. 75-90) and brickstamps {ibid. nos.
76-83) were found. Close by was another small catacomb (making the ninth
in all), in which were found the brickstamps ib. 84-89 (87-89 are figured
stamps, the first, four times repeated, consisting of four concentric circles
round a hole in the centre—for which cf. Supplementary Papers of the Ameri-
can School at Rome i. p. 77, list no. 390—while the other two are otherwise
unknown to me). Here was also found the inscription no. 91 {C.I.L. vi.
29963, relating to the dimensions of a tomb—no doubt, therefore, removed
from its original place).
A little further on were found other remains of tombs, with fragments
of sarcophagi, the inscriptions 92-100, and the brickstamps 90-93
(plan 43).
A little beyond again beneath the limits of the villa (?) was a sub-
terranean chamber, reached by a brick stair of 21 steps, in which were
fragments of sarcophagi and a large cippus with an inscription of
L. Calpurnius Daphnus, argentarius macelli magni {C.I.L. vi. 9183, Benndorf-
Schoene 65, 66, Matz-Duhn, 3880) and several other inscriptions, many of
them belonging to the^mr Calpurnia (Fortunati 101-115), also the stamps
94-97—no. 94 in a small catacomb1 (the tenth in all) to the right of the
sepulchral chamber.
1 It is a question which has not yet been solved to what extent these ten Christian ‘ cemeteries ’
may have been originally interconnected.
came from another part of the same tomb. In the last sarcophagus were
found remains of gold thread, as if from cloth of gold. The pavement ot
the chamber was of mosaic, and in one corner was found a well about
20 metres deep, in which was nothing of interest but the fragmentary
inscription no. 74
Close to this tomb another small catacomb was found: it had one
passage only, containing about 40 loculi; in it were found a small copper
‘ caldaio,’ or warming pan, one palm (0'223 m·) in diameter, identical -with the
‘ scaldaletto ’ exhibited by Brunn at the Institute on March 24, 1865
{Bull. Inst. 1865, 87), and also a copper strainer (Benndorf-Schoene,
62, 63). In a chamber close by (Plan, 39) was found a seated female
statue, which was restored as Agrippina and sold by Castellani
{ibid. 64).
In the space between the road and the solidly built brick boundary
walls of the villa (nos. 40, 40' on plan) a number of sepulchral inscrip-
tions (Fortunati pp. 62 seq., nos. 75-90) and brickstamps {ibid. nos.
76-83) were found. Close by was another small catacomb (making the ninth
in all), in which were found the brickstamps ib. 84-89 (87-89 are figured
stamps, the first, four times repeated, consisting of four concentric circles
round a hole in the centre—for which cf. Supplementary Papers of the Ameri-
can School at Rome i. p. 77, list no. 390—while the other two are otherwise
unknown to me). Here was also found the inscription no. 91 {C.I.L. vi.
29963, relating to the dimensions of a tomb—no doubt, therefore, removed
from its original place).
A little further on were found other remains of tombs, with fragments
of sarcophagi, the inscriptions 92-100, and the brickstamps 90-93
(plan 43).
A little beyond again beneath the limits of the villa (?) was a sub-
terranean chamber, reached by a brick stair of 21 steps, in which were
fragments of sarcophagi and a large cippus with an inscription of
L. Calpurnius Daphnus, argentarius macelli magni {C.I.L. vi. 9183, Benndorf-
Schoene 65, 66, Matz-Duhn, 3880) and several other inscriptions, many of
them belonging to the^mr Calpurnia (Fortunati 101-115), also the stamps
94-97—no. 94 in a small catacomb1 (the tenth in all) to the right of the
sepulchral chamber.
1 It is a question which has not yet been solved to what extent these ten Christian ‘ cemeteries ’
may have been originally interconnected.