TOMB 42 (continuation)

The upper burial chamber has a double row of arcosolia alongside three walls. In each of them was room for two bodies.
The floor has a polychrome mosaic. In the middle we see a round medallion
in a square field. In the medallion a bowl with flowers and pigeons
are depicted. The mosaic is special because the depiction in
the medallion is facing the back wall and not the entrance.
The following inscription, also part of the mosaic, can be read
from the entrance:

                   IN PAIMENTO SARCOFAGA N IIII IN LONGO

    This inscription tells us that four
    sarcophagi have been placed
    longitudinally under the floor (east/west).

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