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Carved ancient letters and musical notation symbols on a cylindrical marble stele.
Seikilos Epitaph Stele (Tralleis Music Inscription)

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Seikilos Epitaph Stele (Tralleis Music Inscription)

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The Seikilos Epitaph Stele represents world music history's oldest surviving complete composition, bearing ancient Greek notation and lyrics found at Tralleis.

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Periods

  • Roman era
  • The Aegean today

Regional context

Southern Aegean

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