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100 POMPEIANA,
pleasure, was a great article of luxury and ex-
pense. It was frequently of silver, or curiously
inlaid; being, both in this respect as well a
form, very similar to that used by the Turks and
Greeks of the present day. Between the table
and the door-way was a circular pedestal, or
altar: here was made the offering to the infernal
gods, who were propitiated on these occasions.
Triclinia, sometimes ornamented with co-
lumns, were also erected for public dinners, or
for the use of the priests and colleges1.
2 Adjoining the triclinium is the tomb of Naevoleia
Tyche, occupying nearly one side of a small
enclosure, or septum, in which it is placed,
leaving barely space sufficient to pass to its rear,
where is the entrance to the interior by a
wooden open framed door2. The cippus, or
pedestal with which the tomb is surmounted,
raised upon two steps, is faced with marble,
and sculptured upon three sides. On that next
the street is an inscription, stating that Naevoleia
Tyche, during her life, had raised it for herself
and C. Munatius Faustus, Augusta!3, and Pa-
1 Muratori, 119. 1. Trielam cum columnis et mensis et maceria
s. t. d. r>.
a Plate V.
3 The Augustals were magistrates elected by the decurions to hold
jurisdiction over sacred matters. The learned differ as to their duties.
Reinesius supposes them magistrates; Walpole, (see Herculanensia,) priests.
But Trimalchio was augustal, though no priest They were entitled to
the fasces.
pleasure, was a great article of luxury and ex-
pense. It was frequently of silver, or curiously
inlaid; being, both in this respect as well a
form, very similar to that used by the Turks and
Greeks of the present day. Between the table
and the door-way was a circular pedestal, or
altar: here was made the offering to the infernal
gods, who were propitiated on these occasions.
Triclinia, sometimes ornamented with co-
lumns, were also erected for public dinners, or
for the use of the priests and colleges1.
2 Adjoining the triclinium is the tomb of Naevoleia
Tyche, occupying nearly one side of a small
enclosure, or septum, in which it is placed,
leaving barely space sufficient to pass to its rear,
where is the entrance to the interior by a
wooden open framed door2. The cippus, or
pedestal with which the tomb is surmounted,
raised upon two steps, is faced with marble,
and sculptured upon three sides. On that next
the street is an inscription, stating that Naevoleia
Tyche, during her life, had raised it for herself
and C. Munatius Faustus, Augusta!3, and Pa-
1 Muratori, 119. 1. Trielam cum columnis et mensis et maceria
s. t. d. r>.
a Plate V.
3 The Augustals were magistrates elected by the decurions to hold
jurisdiction over sacred matters. The learned differ as to their duties.
Reinesius supposes them magistrates; Walpole, (see Herculanensia,) priests.
But Trimalchio was augustal, though no priest They were entitled to
the fasces.