Actually the enclosure consists of four
columbaria and a gangway between the burial chamber and the street.
An inscription on the right side of the enclosure recalls
the subdivision made by one of  the
descendants of
the builders of the original tomb. On a marble slab of
30 x 35 cms we can read the following text:
D
M
C . GALGESTIVS HELIVS . LOCO PVRO
EMPTO . A VALERIA . TROPHIME .
FECIT . SIBI . ET . SVIS . AEDICVLAM
IVNCTAM . PARIETI . INTRAN
TIBVS . PARTE . DEXTRA . IN QVA .
SVNT . OLLAE . N XIIII . PRAETER .
EAM . OLLAM . QVAM . DONAVIT .
TROPHIME . GALGESTIO VITALI .
EX QVIB . OL . I . POMPON CHRYSOPOLI
. D . DI
After he has bought an empty place from Valeria
Trophime,
Caius Galgestius Helius has added an aedicula to the wall
on your right hand when you enter, in which you will find
fourteen urns, with exception of one urn given by Trophime
to Galgestius Vitalis. Another of these urns has been donated
to Pomponius Chrysopolis.
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