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seats at the sides. Against the rear wall stood a marble tomb-
stone, with a place for a carved portrait; in front of it was a
small altar under which doubtless was placed the urn contain-
ing the ashes. Both altar and tombstone have the inscription :
M. Cerrinius Restitutus, Augustalis, I. d. d. d. (for loco dato decu-
rionitm decreto\ — ‘ Marcus Cerrinius Restitutus, member of the
brotherhood of Augustus. Place of burial granted by vote of
the city council.’ The tomb here was designed as a structure to
which relatives might repair on anniversary days in order to
make offerings to the dead.
The remains of the other tombs in the first group are shown
Fig. 226. — Sepulchral benches of Veius and Mamia; tombs of Porcius and the Istacidii.
in the accompanying illustration (Fig. 226). We notice first two
large semicircular benches. That at the left (2 on the plan)
marks the resting-place of Veius. It is of tufa, and nearly
twenty feet wide at the front. The ends are modelled to repre-
sent winged lion’s paws, the carving of which is full of vigor
and may be compared with that of the lion’s paws in the Small
Theatre (Fig. 65). The statue that once stood at the rear, on a
high pedestal, has disappeared, but the inscription remains:
A. Veio M. f. II vir. i. d. iter, quinq. trib. milit. ab populo ex
d. d., — ‘To the memory of Aulus Veius, son of Marcus, twice
duumvir with judiciary authority, quinquennial duumvir, military
tribune by the choice of the people. (Erected) by order of the
city council.’ The city not only gave a burial place, but built
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seats at the sides. Against the rear wall stood a marble tomb-
stone, with a place for a carved portrait; in front of it was a
small altar under which doubtless was placed the urn contain-
ing the ashes. Both altar and tombstone have the inscription :
M. Cerrinius Restitutus, Augustalis, I. d. d. d. (for loco dato decu-
rionitm decreto\ — ‘ Marcus Cerrinius Restitutus, member of the
brotherhood of Augustus. Place of burial granted by vote of
the city council.’ The tomb here was designed as a structure to
which relatives might repair on anniversary days in order to
make offerings to the dead.
The remains of the other tombs in the first group are shown
Fig. 226. — Sepulchral benches of Veius and Mamia; tombs of Porcius and the Istacidii.
in the accompanying illustration (Fig. 226). We notice first two
large semicircular benches. That at the left (2 on the plan)
marks the resting-place of Veius. It is of tufa, and nearly
twenty feet wide at the front. The ends are modelled to repre-
sent winged lion’s paws, the carving of which is full of vigor
and may be compared with that of the lion’s paws in the Small
Theatre (Fig. 65). The statue that once stood at the rear, on a
high pedestal, has disappeared, but the inscription remains:
A. Veio M. f. II vir. i. d. iter, quinq. trib. milit. ab populo ex
d. d., — ‘To the memory of Aulus Veius, son of Marcus, twice
duumvir with judiciary authority, quinquennial duumvir, military
tribune by the choice of the people. (Erected) by order of the
city council.’ The city not only gave a burial place, but built
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