Tholos, inscription on the right soffit pillar of the door, B 537. The exterior of the door pillar bears the inscription IG XII 5, 146, whose explanation has not advanced since its first discovery by W. Dörpfeld and F. Hiller von Gärtringen ("Inscriptionis sensus prorsus obscurus"): a list in 2 columns with 64 lines, consisting of numbered lines prefixed with a stereotypical ΤΩΝ, with the heading on the taenia beginning ... ΕΛΩΝ ... ΡΙΩΝ. Whether one thinks of a calendar, a tax list (ΤΕΛΩΝ ΠΑΡΙΩΝ) or another solution to the riddle, it is in any case a public document, probably to be assigned to the administration, of the 2nd–1st century BC. An inscription engraved on the door frame in such a conspicuous place is hardly conceivable on a tomb. It points rather to a sacred building in the public area – which, on the basis of its architectural form, must date from the 4th century.
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