Pistolesi, Erasmo: Antiquities of Herculaneum and Pompeii: being a selection of all the most interesting ornaments and relics which have been excavated from the earliest period to the present rime... (Vol. 1) (Naples: Royal Press, 1842)

La descritta statua fu ritrovata mu-
nita nel piedestallo con la seguente sem-
plicissima epigrafe :
M. Nonius. M. F. Balbus.
PR. PRO. COS.
H ERCVLANENSES.
Marco Nonio. Marco figlio Balbo,
Pretore e Proconsole.
Gli Er celanesi.

Celte statue a un piédestal sur lequel
on lit celte épigraphe si remarquable par
sa simplicité :
M. Nonius. M. F. Balbus.
PR. PRO. COS.
HERC VLANENSES.
A Marcus Nonius. Marcus, fils de Balbus,
Prêteur et Proconsul.
Les habitants d'Herculanum.

rity of the style. On the pedestal of the
statue we read the following epigraph
remarkable from its simplicity :
M. Nonius. M. F. Balbus.
PR. PRO. COS.
HERCVLANENSES.
To Marcus Nonius, Marcus, son of Balbus,
Pretor and Proconsul.
The inhabitants of Herculaneum.


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