TOMB 47 (continuation)

The entrance of the lower burial chamber lies on the north side. The stairs for reaching the upper floor are located on the south side. So, the entrance of the upper burial chamber, which is by the way completely destroyed, must have been on the south or east side.
From the lower burial chamber we can hardly tell anything about the burial rites. There were probably a mosaic floor and marble sarcophagi.
Investigation below the floor has brought to light several older tombs; tombs "alla cappuccina", tombs "a cassone" and amphorae.
During the building of tomb 47 these graves have been spared.
On behalf of the heavy construction for the double burial chamber,
a shuttering was developed which was only using the space between the existing tombs.
According to the construction and the plan, we can date tomb 47 to the end of the third
century AD. Artifacts such as oil lamps and coins show that tomb 47 has been used at least
till the late fourth century AD.