HGE42 Pompeii. Herculaneum Gate East Side. Tomb of M. Arrius M. L. Diomedes.

Tomb of M. Arrius Primigenius, Arriae M. L. Utili and Arrius Hermes. Sepolcro degli Arrii.

Sepolcro di famiglia Arria. Excavated 1774. (Eschebach East 42, Kockel Nord 42).

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east across Via di Sepolcri.

HGE42 Pompeii. 1824 drawing by Mazois showing HGE42 on left with HGE41 on right.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris: Didot Frères, (pl. 4, fig. 1).

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. Two columellae in front of west side of tomb.

Pompeii. December 2006. Columella found in situ at front of HGE42.

According to Kockel it is not mentioned in the excavation reports.

He presumes it to have been found in 1774 at the same times as the marble plaques.

See Kockel V., 1983. Die Grabbauten vor dem Herkulaner Tor in Pompeji. Mainz: von Zabern. (p. 181).

This columella has the inscription

M ARRIO

PRIMOGENI

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

M(arco) Arrio

Primogeni        [CIL X 1045]

Pompeii. December 2006. Columella found in situ at front of HGE42.

This columella has the inscription

ARRIAE M L

VTILI.

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

Arriae M(arci) l(ibertae)

Utili       [CIL X 1044]

According to Kockel it is not mentioned in the excavation reports.

He presumes it to have been found in 1774 at the same times as the marble plaques.

The back takes the form of a feminine hairstyle with a bun at the back of the head.

See Kockel V., 1983. Die Grabbauten vor dem Herkulaner Tor in Pompeji. Mainz: von Zabern. (p. 181).

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2006. North and west sides of tomb.

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking across Via di Sepolcri.

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking east across Via di Sepolcri. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2006. North and west sides of tomb.

HGE42 Pompeii. c.1819 sketch by W. Gell, looking towards north and west side of tomb and showing items around the tomb.

See Gell W & Gandy, J.P: Pompeii published 1819 [Dessins publiés dans l'ouvrage de Sir William Gell et John P. Gandy, Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompei, 1817-1819].

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HGE42 Pompeii. Pompeii. October 2023. Looking towards front west side of tomb with marble plaque. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

HGE42 Pompeii. October 2023. Marble plaque on front west side of tomb. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

The inscription reads -

M ARRIVS M L DIOMEDES

SIBI SVIS MEMORAIE

MAGISTER PAG AVG FELIC SVBVRB    [CIL X 1042]

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2006. Marble plaque on front west side of tomb. The inscription reads -

M ARRIVS M L DIOMEDES

SIBI SVIS MEMORAIE

MAGISTER PAG AVG FELIC SVBVRB    [CIL X 1042]

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

M(arcus) Arrius (mulieris) l(ibertus) Diomedes

sibi suis memoriae

magister pag(i) Aug(usti) felic(is) suburb(ani)      [CIL X 1042]

According to Cooley, this translated as –

Marcus Arrius Diomedes, freedman of a woman, (set this up) to himself and his family to their memory;

President of the Fortunate Augustan Suburban Country District.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p.132)

HGE42 Pompeii. 1824 drawing by Mazois showing front of tomb. The rendering of the plaque is inaccurate.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris : Didot Frères, (pl. 4, fig. 5).

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. South side with remains of top three stucco panels.

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. Columella at the base of south side of tomb.

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east from south side across tomb enclosure to HGE43.

HGE42 Pompeii. December 2006. East side of tomb.

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2006. HGE42 on left, HGE40 centre and HGE38 on right.

According to Kockel, during excavations near the tomb in 1946 a heavy limestone plaque was found.

It had the inscription

ARRI(us) H(er)MES

PATRI FEC(it)

DE SUO

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1946, 129 Nr. 411.

See Kockel V., 1983. Die Grabbauten vor dem Herkulaner Tor in Pompeji. Mainz: von Zabern. (p. 181).

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2006. Plaque on retaining wall under the front of the tomb.

HGE42 Pompeii. Pompeii. October 2023.

Tufa plaque found on 29th December 1774 in situ in the retaining wall under front of the tomb. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

It contains the inscription –

ARRIAE M F

DIOMEDES L SIBI SVIS      [CIL X 1043]

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2006. Tufa plaque found on 29th December 1774 in situ in the retaining wall under front of the tomb.

It contains the inscription –

ARRIAE M F

DIOMEDES L SIBI SVIS      [CIL X 1043]

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

Arriae M(arci) f(iliae)

Diomedes(!) l(ibertae) sibi suis      [CIL X 1043]

HGE42 Pompeii. 1884 drawing looking across the rear of HGE42, HGE41, HGE40 to HGE38.

Note the statues in place against the front of HGE38 and behind HGE40/41.

See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p. 396).

HGE42 Pompeii. 1884 drawing from Overbeck-Mau showing HGE42 on left with HGE41 on right.

See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p. 408).

HGE42 Pompeii. 1819 drawing with two columellae and HGE42 in front left and HGE38 behind.

See Gell, W, and Gandy J. P., 1819. Pompeiana. London: Rodwell and Martin.  (pl. 3).

HGE42 Pompeii. 1824 drawing by Mazois looking along Via dei Sepolcri with HGE42 in the distance.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Premiere Partie. Paris : Didot Frères, (pl. 11).

HGE42 Pompeii. May 2006. Retaining wall along Via dei Sepolcri.

Pompeii. May 2006. Feature in retaining wall on side of Via dei Sepolcri.

Pompeii. May 2006. Detail of feature in retaining wall on side of Via dei Sepolcri.