These tombs, placed to the sides and at the centre of the plaza that marks the northern limit of the archaeological area, present extreme chronological and typological variety. While the northern side is defined by funerary enclosures in opus reticulatum from the Augustan Age (Tombs 41 and 43), the central area is occupied mainly by caisson tombs that may be dated to the second half of the 1st century AD (Tombs 35-38), interspersed by rarer types, like the circular-plan enclosure (Tomb 40) and the frescoed funerary aedicule (Tomb 39). The discovery of interments in fossa and in amphorae suggests that the area was also used for more modest burials.
View of the exterior and of the interior of enclosures 41 and 43 with the walls with the characteristic trunk-shaped end
(lorica)
View of the exterior and of the interior of enclosures 41 and 43 with the walls with the characteristic trunk-shaped end
(lorica)
Aedicule monument 39 at the moment of excavation
Detail of the fresco decoration of monument 39, now detached
Tomb 39, general view
Tombs 42 and 43, prospect