TOMB 89 (continuation)

Not long after the closing, a second burial chamber was built against the back wall of
the enclosure and the side wall of tomb 90 (89A). Above the entrance of this chamber we find
the following inscription on a marble slab of 30 x 41 cms:

D(is) M(anibus) CONIVGI
CARISSIMO MESSIA
CANDIDA FECIT ET SIBI
ET LIBERTIS LIBERTABVS
QVE POSTERISQVE EORVM
LOCVS CONCESSVS AP
GAVINIS II CRHESIMO
ET EVTYCHO ET AP ANTONIS
II IVLIANO ET POLIONE
ITV AMBITV INTROITVM
LIBERVM

Messia Candida has erected this monument for her very beloved husband and for herself, her freed slaves, and the descendants. Permission to use the place has been given by two members of the family Gabinius, Chresimus and Entychus, and two members of the family Antonius, Iulianus and Polio. Entering the terrain is allowed.

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