<p>Monumental tomb structure of the late 2nd c. B.C. in the *Emporium area, belonging to Servius Sulpicius Galba, a prominent member of the Sulpicii Galbae family, according to the building inscription (<i>CIL</i> VI 31617); two men of this name are known, one of whom served as consul in 144 B.C. and the other in 108 B.C. The later date is generally preferred for the tomb on the basis of its architectural type and construction technique (Coarelli, Rodríguez Almeida 41; for a full architectural study, Ferrea). Constructed of fine Monte Verde tufa masonry with peperino blocks for its cornice, the monument should be dated to <i>c</i>. 100 B.C. (Coarelli, Blake).</p> <p>The monument was erected in the urban ensemble of the Emporium between the *Horrea Galbana structures and the vast warehouse called the *“Porticus Aemilia” (Richardson; Rickman, esp. 167 n.1). As a small square structure in plan, it faced the street that connected the *Via Ostiensis to the southerly structures of the Emporium area, marking a slight bend in its course (Lanciani, <i>FUR</i> pl. 40; Gatti 1934, pl. 2; Rodríguez Almeida fig. 10 for a reconstruction). The tomb was excavated in 1885 and subsequently re-erected in the Antiquarium Comunale on the *Caelian (Gatti 1886, 65 n.1e, 71). The building can also be traced on the Severan Marble Plan, although it is not labeled (Rodríguez Almeida, <i>Forma</i> pl. 16, frag. 24c).</p>