Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . burial is assigned by decree of the little in advance of this seat is an upright stone, with aninscription importing that the Decurions had granted toM. Porcius a plot of ground twenty-five feet square; and im-mediately behind is a tomb, 20, which, with its septum orenclosure, in fact does occupy about that space. It is uponthese coincidences we imagine that P, in the inscription abov
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . burial is assigned by decree of the little in advance of this seat is an upright stone, with aninscription importing that the Decurions had granted toM. Porcius a plot of ground twenty-five feet square; and im-mediately behind is a tomb, 20, which, with its septum orenclosure, in fact does occupy about that space. It is uponthese coincidences we imagine that P, in the inscription abovegiven, is interpreted Porcius, and the tomb of which we havespoken is assigned to Mamia, for it bears no inscription topoint out its owner. At the same time, the tomb between the 2 M )30 POMTEII. seats occupies about the same space, and a doubt may be feltwhich of the two is the oue meant. Be this as it may, thetomb in question is more than usually large and septum is worked into apertures rounded at top, whichgive to it the appearance of a balustrade. The tomb is ofmasonry covered with stucco, and ornamented with engagedcolumns, which, from their proportions, appear to be of the. Geometrical elevation of the Tomb of Mamia restored. Corinthian order, but the capitals are gone. Mazois hasgiven a restoration of it, according to his notions of the cha-racteristics of Pompeian architecture : the existing part maybe distinguished by the uneven line which bounds it. Severalill-executed marble statues, now in the Eoyal Museum, ofNaples, were found in the interior, which was set round withniches : the walls were painted. In the centre is a largopedestal which probably supported the urn of the tenant. TOMBS. 531 Behind this tomb is a spot called the sepulchre of animals,because many skulls and half-burnt bones of sheep and oxenhave been found there. It probably was a spot where offer-ings were made to the dead. An altar richly ornamentedwith fruit and garlands, which was d
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