The upper burial chamber has also a double row
of arcosolia alongside three walls. In each of them was room for
two bodies.
The floor has a polychrome mosaic. In the middle we see a round
medallion
in a square field. In the medallion a bowl with flowers and pigeons
are depicted. The mosaic is particular because the depiction in
the medallion is facing the back wall and not the entrance.
The following inscription, also part of the mosaic, is however readable
from the entrance:
IN PAIMENTO . SARCOPHAGA . N IIII IN LONGO
 This
inscription tells us that four
sarcophagi have been placed
longitudinally under the floor (east/west).
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