HGW20 Pompeii. Herculaneum Gate West Side. Tomb of C. Calventius Quietus.

Cenotafia di Calvenzio. (Eschebach West 20, Kockel Süd 20).

 

HGW20 Pompeii. May 2006. East side.

 

HGW20 Pompeii. May 2006. South and east sides of marble altar with wreath.

 

HGW20 Pompeii. May 2010. East and north sides of marble altar.

 

HGW20 Pompeii. Old postcard by Trampetti. North side of tomb. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

HGW20 Pompeii.  May 2006. North side of marble altar with inscription and bisellium.

The inscription reads:

C.  CALVENTIO  QVIETO
AVGVSTALI
HVIC OB  MVNIFICENT  DECVRIONVM
DECRETO  ET  POPVLI  CONSESV  BISELLII
HONOR  DATVS  EST

 

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this reads

 

C(aio) Calventio Quieto

Augustali

huic ob munificent(iam) decurionum

decreto et populi conse(n)su bisellii

honor datus est      [CIL X 1026]

 

Mau translates this as:

 

To the memory of Gaius Calventius Quietus, member of the Brotherhood of Augustus.

On account of his generosity the honour of a seat of double width was conferred upon him by the vote of the city council and the approval of the people.

 

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey, F. W., Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 421).

 

HGW20 Pompeii. May 2006. Detail of north side of marble altar.

 

HGW20 Pompeii. May 2010. North side. Detail of his bisellium, or seat of double width.

The square footstool in the middle implies that the seat was intended for a single person.

 

HGW20 Pompeii. May 2010. North and west sides of marble altar.

 

HGW20 Pompeii. May 2010.  West and south sides of marble altar.

 

HGW20 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking south along west side of base.

 

HGW20 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking west along inside south wall of tomb.

 

HGW20 Pompeii. 1884 drawing of north side. The location of some of the stucco reliefs on the small pilasters can be seen.

See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p. 416, fig. 216).

 

HGW20 Pompeii. 1813 drawings of winged Victoria from the two front pilasters of the tomb.

See Millin A., 1813. Description des Tombeaux de Pompei. Naples: L’Imprimerie Royale. (pl. 5 figs. 8-9).

 

 

HGW20 Pompeii. 1824 drawing of stucco relief of Victoria from one of the small pilasters.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris: Didot Freres. (pl. 26,1).

 

HGW20 Pompeii. 1884 drawing of stucco relief of Oedipus and the Sphinx from one of the small pilasters.

See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p. 417, fig. 217).

 

HGW20 Pompeii. 1884 drawing of stucco relief from one of the small pilasters.

Possibly Theseus in the labyrinth after overcoming the Minotaur.

See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p. 417, fig. 217).

 

HGW20 Pompeii. 1884 drawing of stucco relief of a female figure from one of the small pilasters.

See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p. 418, fig. 218).