Poros stone entablature of a grave marker

Poros stone entablature of a grave marker. A floral ornament at the top and the name of the deceased ΠΑΡΘΕΝΑ (Parthena) is incised on the epistyle. It belongs to a large class of grave markers, most of which were found at Thebes and Tanagra, Central Greece. Set upon a tall pillar, they were placed at the top of the barrow above the graves. From Boeotia, 125-100 BC. H. 0,51 m., w. 0,87 m. Gift of Rena Andreadi (ΓΕ 27835)