Above the entrance of the original courtyard
is a marble slab of 54 x 101 cms with the original inscription from
the time before the division:
D M
M . COCCEIVS . DAPHNVS
FECIT . SIBI . ET . SVIS . ET . LIBERTIS
. LIBER
TABVSQVE
POSTERISQVE . EORVM . ET .
M . ANTONIO . AGATHIAE . ET . SIVS
ET . LIBERTIS . LIBERTABVSQVE . POSTERISQVE
EORVM
. ET .
M . VLPIO . DOMITO . ET . SVIS
ET . LIBERTIS . LIBERTABVSQVE . POSTERISQVE
.
EORVM
.
PER . FRONTE . PEDES . XL . IN AGRO
. PEDES . XL
The text says that the tomb was erected by Marcus
Cocceius Daphnus for himself and
his family, for his freedmen and their heirs, for Marcus Antonius
Agathias and his family
and their freedmen with their heirs and for Marcus Ulpius Domitus
with his family,
their freedmen and their heirs. The tomb measures in breadth 40
feet and in length 40 feet.
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