Tomb 26 lies on the same axis as 27 and 28. Together they form
one block with a view on the Via Severiana.
Between these tombs and the main-street
we notice traces of a colonnade.
On the backside of tomb 26 a relief
has been attached in later time
(see map).
The burial chamber was organised for inhumation with two rows
of arcosolia in the side-walls.
The back-wall is occupied by a stone bench which was once probably
covered with marble. It served most likely as a base for a sarcophagus.
In the middle of the right side there was a staircase to an upper
floor.
We can still see the first two steps and that the staircase made
a turn
to the left on the level of the upper row of niches.
The floor was covered by marble plates. One of them was equipped
with a bronze ring which made it possible to enter the graves beneath
the floor.
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