16

Title

16

Description

General Tomb Structure: This tomb is a rectangular cut into the bedrock and currently remains unexcavated, meaning the depth of the tomb is currently unknown . The width of the tomb is 0.80m. The length is indiscernible as it seems to continue past the LiDAR scan capture, but is at least 2.57m long. On either side of the rock-cut is a flat bed of rock. On the flatbed on the right side of the rock cut, there seems to be remnants of a short wall or raised stone border around the corner of the rockbed. The whole cut and flat rock beds on either side of the cut are on a slight incline. Interpretation: While potentially unclear on the scan, in person analysis of the tomb proved that this cut is indeed a shaft grave, though its depth is unclear due to its unexcavated status. The cut is on an incline and there is a very fragmentary raised border on the upper right side of the flat cut above the rock-cut of the tomb, only 0.19 meters from the cut. The length of the main rock cut is 2.57 meters long, suggesting that at least one, if not two, or more, people were buried here. The sides of the cut appear to be straight cuts down, eliminating its possibility as a Masuda-type tomb, and suggest that it is rather a Republican or Roman-type shaft grave. Though the sides are cut straight down, the cuts along the length of the rock cut are not smooth, potentially indicating trenching, though its unexcavated state makes it difficult to tell. Its location, however, very close and adjacent to the Via dei Necropoli in addition to its status as a shaft grave suggest a later dating period for this tomb, perhaps between the 4th-3rd centuries BCE.

Alternative Title

n/a

Creator

Tristen Leone

Type

SHAFT GRAVE

Date

4th-3rd century BCE

Extent

1+

Spatial Coverage

north=42°00'14.2"; east=12°05'64.4"; elevation=90.29702

Coverage

Northwest

References

SETS #A16. The Cerveteri Tombs Database, accessed April 30, 2026, link.