TOMB 29 (continuation)

The original burial chamber was built for a mixed form of burial. In the lower part of the walls
are three arcosolia. The upper parts of the walls, separated by a moulding from the lower parts, were meant for urns.
Each wall had a central, semicircular large niche with a triangular tympanum
flanked by two rectangular niches.
The entrance wall too has small rectangular niches.
Traces are showing that the burial chamber originally
was painted yellow with broad, red-brown, horizontal strokes.
The large semicircular niches had a stucco shell in the top, and
were decorated with a red flower or an eight-pointed star.
The floor has a coloured mosaic with, among others, birds and part of an inscription:

[Hoc mon? Hoc pav?]IMENTVM CONSECRATVM ES(t)

This inscription must have mentioned something about the consecration
of the floor or the tomb. Beneath the floor are three other burial places.
During the restoration of the floor, an older, mainly white, mosaic has been found.
Traces can still be seen in the corners.

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