HGW01 Pompeii. Herculaneum Gate West Side. Tomb of Marcus Cerrinius Restitutus.

A low vaulted niche flanked by seats. (Eschebach West 1, Kockel Süd 1).

 

HGW01 Pompeii. July 2011. Tomb of Marcus Cerrinius Restitutus.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

HGW01 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking west towards the tomb of Marcus Cerrinius Restitutus.

According to Kockel, in August 1763 a 1.55m high marble block with an inscription was found in rear of the grave.

 

M. CERRINIVS
RESTITVTVS
AVGVSTAL. LOC. D.D.D.      [CIL X 994]

 

Also found in the middle of the grave was a travertine altar with the inscription

 

M. CERRINIVS
RESTITVTVS
AVGVSTALIS
LOCO DATO
D.D.      [CIL X 995]

 

Both now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

 

See Kockel V., 1983. Die Grabbauten vor dem Herkulaner Tor in Pompeji. Mainz: von Zabern. (p. 48, Taf. 4c and 4d).

 

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) these read

 

M(arcus) Cerrinius

Restitutus

Augustalis loc(us) d(atus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)      [CIL X 994]

 

M(arcus) Cerrinius

Restitutus

Augustalis

loco dato

d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)       [CIL X 995]

 

According to Colley this translates as

 

Marcus Cerrinius Restitutus, Augustalis. Place given by decree of the town councillors.

 

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii : A Sourcebook. London : Routledge. (p. 149, G36).

 

HGW01 Pompeii. Detail from 1804 drawing of view along HGW01, HGW92, HGW93 and HGW04.

See Piranesi, F, 1804. Antiquites de la Grande Grece: Tome I. Paris: Piranesi and Le Blanc. (Pl. 5).