Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . 1=^ < ?; MM o d CrJ ^ C^ w lol ^ ? Lj fe. m POMPEIANA. 117 PLATE VI. Interior of the tomb of Naevoleia Tyche. This was about 6 feet 6 inches square, ill stuccoed,arched, and niches formed around for the recep-tion of cinerary urns. Some were of coarse earth;three others, about 15 inches high, were of glass,and contained bones, with a liquid, which, uponanalysis, was considered to be composed ofwater, wine, and oil. Each had a lamp, andpiece of money for Charon: more lamps wereready in a corner; they were of red commonearth. A
Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . 1=^ < ?; MM o d CrJ ^ C^ w lol ^ ? Lj fe. m POMPEIANA. 117 PLATE VI. Interior of the tomb of Naevoleia Tyche. This was about 6 feet 6 inches square, ill stuccoed,arched, and niches formed around for the recep-tion of cinerary urns. Some were of coarse earth;three others, about 15 inches high, were of glass,and contained bones, with a liquid, which, uponanalysis, was considered to be composed ofwater, wine, and oil. Each had a lamp, andpiece of money for Charon: more lamps wereready in a corner; they were of red commonearth. A small aperture, as repTesented, was left for light. PLATE VII. View across the Street of the Tombs. The ruined tomb in the fore-ground is stripped of theornamental exterior: it is marked on the plan29, and is shown Plate X. For the other tombssee Plate VIII. 118 rOMPEIAXA. PLATE VIII. This view comprises the tombs of Scaurus. TJiecircular uninscribed tomb, with those of Calven-tius Quietus and of Naevoleia Tyche. A vacantspace occurs between the second and third, pro-bably reserved for the purpose of fut
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