The sarcophagus against the backside (the only sarcophagus still
in place) has a frontplate decorated with strigiles (undulating
lines). Inside have been found two skeletons,
a small ring, a golden necklace and a still unreadable coin.
The tomb dates originally from the time of Hadrian.
The inner walls were divided by a simple moulding into a lower part
with arcosolia and an upper part with richly decorated niches
for urns.
Under the black and white mosaic floor too formae have been found.
These were divided by tuff walls and closed with tiles.
In the middle of the second century the tomb has been rebuilt
for inhumation.
 The
three described sarcophagi (180-190) are still witnesses (two
of them are in the Ostian museum).
Also the building of the courtyard dates from that period.
Only on the left wall we can notice some traces of burial places
for urns.
On the other hand there have been found graves for inhumation
against the walls and
even under the floor of the courtyard.
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