Tomb 32, built between the late 1st century BC – early 1st century AD, is a kind of prototype for the nearby columbaria, from which it is distinguished by the presence of the ustrinum, adjacent to but separate from the main body. Its interior organized like the nearby Tomb 33, its façade bore the inscription of the owner C(aius) Iulius Pothi l(ibertus) Amethystus, in a brick and pumice frame flanked by two reliefs decorated with winged phalli (now lost). The numerous inscriptions referring to freedmen of Emperor Claudius and the presence of arcosolia attest that the tomb remained in use until the 2nd-3rd century AD.
Tomb 32 in a 19th-century print
General view of the enclosure’s interior
General view of the interior of the burial chamber
General view of the exterior of the burial chamber during the 1911 excavations
Tomb 32, detail of the interior
Tomb 32, inscription originally conserved on the façade
Tomba 32, cineraria originally inside the tomb’s vestibule