TOMB 87 (continuation) Tek

We find the same inscription above the entrance of the burial chamber. This is
the only grave where the interring of human bodies was explicitly prohibited.
This prohibition was respected till the time of Antoninus Pius. After that time
sarcophagi were placed in this tomb.
It is remarkable that especially in tomb 87 a lot of sarcophagi are stored today.
The wooden door including the lock which gave access to the enclosure
has been preserved and is stored in the Ostian depot.
The side walls of the enclosure have an aedicula in the centre flanked
by small niches. In the corner between the left wall and the entrance wall
was a furnace.
The burial chamber was organized in the same way. Below the niches are
small marble plates. On the one below the central niche ( 31,5 x 30,5 cm)
we can read:
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D(is) M(anibus)
VARIAE P(ubli) F(iliae) SER
VANDAE
AMPELVS ET
ENNYCHIS
LIBERTI D(e) S(uo) P(osuerunt)

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