Tomb 50
Tomb 50 lies in the space between tombs 41, 42 an 43. It was partly covered by tomb 41bis, which is not visible anymore.
Also tomb 50 cannot be seen today.
Tomb 50 was not turned towards the Via Severiana, but towards the open space behind, the so-called "Field of the Poor".
The grave had the following inscription on a marble slab of 30 x 36 cm:
D(is) M(anibus)
TI(beri) CLAVDI TI(beri) F(ili) PRIMI
GENI FECIT TI(berius) CL(audius) QVI
NTILIANVS FILIVS ET
A(ulus) RVTILIVS PVDENS
FILIASTER ET LIBERTI
EX PORTIONIBVS SVIS FECERVNT
The text says: To the divine Manes of Tiberius Claudius Primigenius, son of Tiberius. Tiberius Claudius Quintilianus, his son, and Aulus Rutilius Pudens, his stepson, and his freedmen made (this monument) from their part of the heritage.
Tomb 50 dates from the time of Hadrian.
In the back tomb 54 and 55.
- Sources
- Russel Meigs - Roman Ostia, At the Clarendon Press 1973
- Guido Calza - Necropoli nell'Isola Sacra'(1940)
- Dr. Jan Theo Bakker.
- Hilding Thylander - Inscriptions du port d'Ostie (Lund C W K Gleerup 1952).
- Ida Baldassarre, Irene Bragantini, Chiara Morselli and Franc Taglietti - Necropoli di Porto, Isola Sacra (Roma 1996).
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