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The Epigraphical section, accessible from Room X of the Prehistoric Section, FIG. 1 - Il Giardino della Sezione Epigraficaconsists of: an open space, the Garden, where there are located some lithic sarcophagi from theFIG. 2 - Cippi e stelai funerarie excavations of the Greek necropolis in contrada Diana, dating between IV and III century B.C., and numerous funerary stelai in lavic rock, dating between III and I century B.C. (Fig.1); a Pavilion with over 300 pieces of cippi and inscribed funerary stelai (Fig.2).
The exhibition, inside the Pavilion, contains collections of: “little pillar shaped cippi”, dating to VI-V century B.C.; “paralleliped block”, cippi or plinti dating FIG. 3 - Iscrizione di et cristianato V-IV century B.C., the stelai slabs dating to the ellenistic Age and Roman-Republican Age, with the deceased’s name and at times, a formula of farewell.
Few but significant are the funerary inscriptions of the Christian Age (IV-V century A.D.) engraved on marble slabs.
(Fig.3).

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