Sopraripa t.9

On the Sopraripa ridge, this Roman tomb cuts a striking figure from the living rock. Its facade, roughly three metres wide and slightly tapered as it rises, is framed by two deep trenches, each once furnished with six or seven steps, of which only traces remain visible on the left. The stone juts forward at the base, forming a low socle, while above, a false door carries curved projections and a two-line inscription: ϑestia velϑurnas / nesna. Above this, a broad band is decorated with thirty-seven neatly cut dentils, running only across the front. The crowning consists of a torus and a severe Doric-style cymatium, the mouldings carefully continued along the sides. On the platform above sits a large rounded plinth, topped by a sharp-edged socle, then a block, another torus, and a stiff, unusually tall cimasa. The dromos, six metres long, ends five metres from the facade’s base. A tomb that speaks of meticulous craftsmanship, even as time has buried much of its context.

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