TOMB 38 (continuation)

During a period of reuse new formae were built on top of the mosaic on the side of
tomb 72. These new burial places were covered by marble slabs. One of these slabs had the following Christian inscription (now lost):

                           IVLIA EVNIA TELESPHORO
                          MARITO DIGNISSIMO
                           FECIT IN PACE

The inscription tells us that Iulia Eunia has made <this stone> for
Telesphorus, her dignified husband, in peace.
The slab was decorated with a relief of a lamb and an anchor,
clearly Christian symbols.
Tomb 38 has to be dated to the beginning of the third century AD,
but must have been in use for a very long time. The inscription dates from
the beginning of the fourth century AD.