Pompeii: Porta Nola Necropolis Project (Comune Di Pompei, Provincia Di Napoli, Regione Campania)

Pompeii: Porta Nola Necropolis Project (Comune Di Pompei, Provincia Di Napoli, Regione Campania)

“…The 2016 excavations to the west and north of the tomb of Obellius Firmus had identified a number of deposits associated to the cleaning of an ustrinum (Kay et al ., 2017). In particular a shallow cut (measuring 0.79 m by 0.5 m and 0.2 m in depth) filled with ash, charcoal and small fragments of burnt human bone had been identified.…”

“…The aim has been to draw together the various strands of information, including archival material and publications, in order to provide a new synthesis of the necropolis. The 2017 season of excavation focused on two areas within the necropolis: the burials of Praetorians identified during the 1970s clearance of the area between the city wall and road which ran alongside the city wall; the area immediately north of the tomb of Obellius Firmus (excavated in 2015, Kay et al, 2016), between the rear wall of the tomb and a tufa wall (possibly delimiting the funerary area) 5 m to the north.…”

Pompeii: Porta Nola Necropolis Project (Comune Di Pompei, Provincia Di Napoli, Regione Campania)

“…Following the excavation in 2015 of the tomb of Marcus Obellius Firmus, an anonymous schola -type tomb and the burials alongside the city wall (between Porta Nola and Tower VII) (Kay et al , 2016), in the 2016 season the focus was a rectangular structure opposite Porta Nola and the area to the north and west of the tomb of Marcus Obellius Firmus.…”