Folonia t.3

At Folonia, a Roman tomb carved from tufo stone presents a puzzle of architectural fragments. The facade, originally about 173 centimetres wide, features a false door with curved projections, of which only a short stretch remains on the right side; to the left, just a sliver of the vertical moulding survives. The face of this tomb sits slightly further back than its neighbour and is set at a different angle. Above, the crowning moulding consists of a projecting torus, then a 'becco di civetta' (a concave moulding, here tighter in profile than similar examples), another torus, and a band. One inscription remains on this upper moulding, letters five to six centimetres high; faint traces suggest a second, larger inscription once occupied the centre of the facade, within the false door. On the platform sits a large, carefully rounded plinth, upon which a cippus-holder was carved, now only visible as traces against the back wall.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.