Gell, William; Gandy, John P. : Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii (Band 1) (London, 1824)

108 POMPEIANA.

work, coated with stucco, now much dilapidated,
was originally handsome.
16 A semi-circular seat raised upon a high step; it
is about 17 feet in diameter, and bears an in-
scription, which declares it to have been dedi-
cated to the public priestess Mamia, daughter,
perhaps, of Porcius, to whom the decurions had
decreed a place of sepulture.

MAMIAE • P • E • SACEEDOTI • PVBLICAE • LOCVS
SEPVLTVR • DATVS • DECVRIONVM- DECRETO

This inscription runs in one line of large letters
round at the back of the seat; each extremity
of which was carved with a representation of a
lion's foot and claw.
17 Sepulchre, which, stripped of its external facing,
exhibits only the rough masonry, placed upon a
brown stone basement: here was found a Doric
frieze of the same material, which probably be-
longed to this monument. Between it and the
seat last mentioned, upon a small block, is an
inscription, stating that a space, 25 feet square,
had been decreed by the decurions for the place
of sepulture of M. Porcius.

M • POEC • M • V
EX • DEC • DECRETO
IN • FRONTEM • P • XXV
IN • AGRO • PED • XXV

The space occupied by this tomb, or rather that