"Measuring 9 by 6 meters (30 by 20 feet) with a burial chamber 2.4 meters (8 feet) high, it is the first monumental tomb from the Roman period discovered in Albania. The tomb consists of three parts: a monumental staircase leading down to an entrance hallway with the burial chamber at the end. The staircase walls are decorated with geometric decorations on stucco. It is constructed of large stone blocks quarried from a distance and transported to the location."
"The tomb was looted in antiquity, but the remains of funerary furnishings were found on the bed in the burial chamber, including glass vessels, bone combs, knives and a large section of textile woven with gold thread. It also contains an inscription in Greek and Latin dedicated to (Gellianos), the tomb's occupant. The deceased was connected to the Gellius family, perhaps as a relation or as a freedman who chose to take their name."
A Roman-era tomb with a bilingual Greek and Latin funerary inscription was found in Strikcan, northern Albania, dating to the 3rd or 4th century A.D. The tomb measures 9 by 6 meters with a burial chamber 2.4 meters high and represents the first monumental tomb from the Roman period discovered in Albania. The layout includes a monumental staircase, an entrance hallway, and a burial chamber, with staircase walls decorated in geometric stucco. The structure was built of large quarried stone blocks and shows evidence of wall structures above, suggesting a mausoleum design. The chamber was looted in antiquity but preserved funerary furnishings such as glass vessels, bone combs, knives, and a large gold-thread textile. A bilingual inscription names Gellianos and connects the deceased to the gens Gellia, a plebeian family of Samnite origin; Aulus Gellius is the gens' most noted member. The tomb will receive protected status while archaeologists document and analyze the contents, including human osteological remains.
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