TOMB 56

Tomb 56 looks like a small altar with a niche.
The grave has been removed from its original place, the right wall of tomb 55, to the back wall of the same tomb.
The niche, standing on a brick base, is formed by two columns with capitals of tufa on which a triangular tympanum rests. In the niche we see depicted a double,
half open door. From the back a man, unquestionably
the deceased, is entering. His head is missing. This scene is well-known from archaic times: leaving this earthly life through the door to eternity. The grave has the following inscription:

D(is) M(anibus)
SABINO
TAVRIO FILIO
PIENTISSIMO
FECIT

Taurio has made (this monument) for his very pious son, Sabinus.