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POMPEIANA. 119
ed, perhaps, to bear an inscription. It has been
broken in.
The pediment upon the rear of the maceria of Cal-
ventius Quietus, and figures supporting an unin-
scribed tablet, will be observed. Between this
tomb and that of Naevoleia, is the panel in the
wall containing the inscription, page 102.
The little acroteria, in some instances bearing bassi
relievi, and which appear so frequent about
these sepulchres, are curious. Some tombs re-
maining in the necropolis of the ancient city of
Cnidus are ornamented in a similar manner.
Places of sepulture were originally surrounded
with a fence or paling of wood; the standards
at intervals, so necessary for its stability, were
possibly the prototypes of these pinnacles: and
from them were probably suspended the garlands
and wreaths with which, at stated periods, the
sepulchre was adorned. The smallness of the
door-ways has been before noticed. The second
is only 8 feet 3 inches high.
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ed, perhaps, to bear an inscription. It has been
broken in.
The pediment upon the rear of the maceria of Cal-
ventius Quietus, and figures supporting an unin-
scribed tablet, will be observed. Between this
tomb and that of Naevoleia, is the panel in the
wall containing the inscription, page 102.
The little acroteria, in some instances bearing bassi
relievi, and which appear so frequent about
these sepulchres, are curious. Some tombs re-
maining in the necropolis of the ancient city of
Cnidus are ornamented in a similar manner.
Places of sepulture were originally surrounded
with a fence or paling of wood; the standards
at intervals, so necessary for its stability, were
possibly the prototypes of these pinnacles: and
from them were probably suspended the garlands
and wreaths with which, at stated periods, the
sepulchre was adorned. The smallness of the
door-ways has been before noticed. The second
is only 8 feet 3 inches high.
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