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Tomb A is located on the right side if we enter the street from the north. It forms one unit with tomb B. Both tombs are badly preserved. The entrance of tomb A, of which little remains, is turned towards the street. The threshold lies above street level and steps were probably used to enter the tomb. No traces of an inscription have been found. In the lower part of the walls of the burial chamber are three arcosolia. The upper parts were reserved for smaller niches containing urns.

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• Sources
• Russel Meigs - Roman Ostia, At the Clarendon Press 1973
• Guido Calza - Necropoli nell'Isola Sacra'(1940)
• Dr. Jan Theo Bakker.