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Originally the entrance wall of tomb M faced the main street, and the entrance of tomb M gave access to tombs N and O. Later tombs L and I were built against that entrance wall and the north-western wall of tomb I became the entrance of the cluster of tombs.
At this moment, the entrance wall of tomb I is the north- western wall of tomb M. This wall has an arcosolium in the lower part and one niche and a small slit window in the upper part. The side wall has also one arcosolium with a niche in the part we still call tomb I. The rest of the side wall of tomb M has one arcosolium and eight niches divided into three rows.
Nowadays you can't recognize the eight niches anymore. Tomb M seems to have become a kind of vestibule for tombs N and O when tombs I and L were added.