TOMB 90 (continuation)
Formae, terracotta sarcophagi and amphorae
have also been found in the enclosure, mixed
at random. The burial chamber itself remained the same till the
time of Antoninus Pius.
After that time the burial chamber was changed completely by a new
owner.
Arcosolia appeared at floor level alongside the walls, whereby niches
were closed.
The walls were plastered again. The arch in the back wall was partly
taken up by a sarcophagus with inscription:
D(is) M(anibus)
L(ucius) CAECILIVS VICTOR DONATVM SIBI PAVIMENTVM
PVRVM VIRGIN(em) MONVMENTI HVIVS A PERELLA HIERONIDE
ET ANNIIS VITALE ET DECIA IN QVO SARCOPHAGA NOVA SVMPTIBVS SVIS
INST<r>VXIT FECIT
QVE SIBI ET CAECILIAE HYGIAE CONIVGI SVAE ET LIBERTIS LIBERTABVSQVE POS
TERISQVE EORVM
Lucius Caecilius Victor, after he had received the floor of this monument, pure and unused, from Perella Hieronis, Annia Vitalis and Annia Decia, on which he had installed at his own expense nine sarcophagi, made this for himself and for Caecilia Hygia, his wife, his freed slaves, and the descendants.
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