The permanent exhibition of the Epigraphical Museum
Funerary stele of Autokleides
This marble plaque marked the grave of a young man of the Archaic period. Its upper part is broken, and only parts of the epigram's six verses survive. This is a unique monument since the inscription is among the very few that are read from right to left, according to Phoenician principles, and from the bottom up. Also interesting is the fact that the epigram is written in the first person singular, as if a relative, friend or simple passer-by were talking. The epigram relates the premature death of the young Autokleides.