TOMB 75 and 76 (continuation)
Guido Calza says that there was a cover
of a sarcophagus in the open room right
next to the burial chamber of tomb 75, which was found on the Via
Severiana.
On this cover was a relief of a priest
of Cybele.
Two reliefs of him were also found.
The inscription above the entrance of the burial chamber of tomb
75
is missing. Inside, however, we can still see parts of a black-and-white
mosaic floor with geometrical figures. These patterns are also to
be
found in the room next to the burial chamber. Here, in the middle,
we find a triton. The enclosure houses many burial places
above the floor as well as underneath it.
The burial chamber of tomb 75 was originally used as a columbarium.
When the tomb was divided in two separate units, inhumation was
already common.
Therefore the new tomb 76 was equipped with arcosolia as well.
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