Tollena t.2

This is the carved face of a small Roman tomb of the ‘a dado’ type, a cube-shaped monument, once a common sight along the consular roads of ancient Italy. Only the upper portion survives, up to the horizontal fillet of a false door. The front plane projects slightly from the rear wall, by about fifteen centimetres on the left and twelve on the right. The false door itself, with its curved ‘proiecturae’ (projecting mouldings), is rendered in a rectangular-sectioned fillet, six to seven centimetres high and projecting thirty-one. Traces of a protruding plinth remain between the doorjambs. Above, between the proiecturae, are the faint remains of a two-line inscription, the letters ten centimetres tall. Below, the entrance to the chamber is visible, looted by clandestine excavators and partially filled in. The traces of another chamber tomb sit immediately to the left.

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