Tomb 74
tomb 73, tomb 72A and tomb74.
Tomb 74 is located in the open area in front of tombs 75 and 76. The grave has an undefinable shape and is supplied with an aedicula.
It is oriented towards the side wall of tomb 72. The grave bears the following inscription on a marble slab of 22 x 24 centimetres:
D(is) M(anibus)
SATYRI FECIT
IASON PATER
Q(ui) V(ixit) M(ensibus) VIII D(iebus) VIII
H(oris) III
The grave was erected by Iason for his son Satyr who died at the age of eight months, eight days and three hours.
Tomb 74 dates back to the time of Hadrian or Antoninus Pius.
- 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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