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Tiberius of the year 10 a.d. The other was enclosed in a lead
case, and a lead libation tube was extended from the ashes
through both covers to the surface.
The names of Apuleius and Veia are obtained from two other
bust stones, in front of the niche. One reads, Festae Apulei
f\iliae\ vix\it\ ann\p>s~\ XVII, — ‘To the memory of Festa,
daughter of Apuleius, who lived seventeen years.’ The other
Fig. 238. — Two other tombs east of the Amphitheatre.
Nos. 5, 6 on the plan.
has simply Conviva Veiae vix. ann. XX, — ‘ Conviva, slave of
Veia, lived twenty years.’ An as of the time of the Republic
was found in the urn of Conviva; and a square tile, the upper
end of which was closed by a piece of marble, served as a liba-
tion tube for the urn of Festa.
The two remaining tombs are of the temple type, one (3 ;
Fig. 237) having pilasters at the corners, the other half-columns
at the corners and on the sides (6). The first has a vaulted
sepulchral chamber, entered from the rear. On the inside of
the wall next the street are three low niches, the top of which
is nearly on a level with the sidewalk; each of them con-
POMPEII
Tiberius of the year 10 a.d. The other was enclosed in a lead
case, and a lead libation tube was extended from the ashes
through both covers to the surface.
The names of Apuleius and Veia are obtained from two other
bust stones, in front of the niche. One reads, Festae Apulei
f\iliae\ vix\it\ ann\p>s~\ XVII, — ‘To the memory of Festa,
daughter of Apuleius, who lived seventeen years.’ The other
Fig. 238. — Two other tombs east of the Amphitheatre.
Nos. 5, 6 on the plan.
has simply Conviva Veiae vix. ann. XX, — ‘ Conviva, slave of
Veia, lived twenty years.’ An as of the time of the Republic
was found in the urn of Conviva; and a square tile, the upper
end of which was closed by a piece of marble, served as a liba-
tion tube for the urn of Festa.
The two remaining tombs are of the temple type, one (3 ;
Fig. 237) having pilasters at the corners, the other half-columns
at the corners and on the sides (6). The first has a vaulted
sepulchral chamber, entered from the rear. On the inside of
the wall next the street are three low niches, the top of which
is nearly on a level with the sidewalk; each of them con-