Dedication
The last two words on the tombstone are Σείκιλος Εὐτέρ, Seikilos Euter meaning "(from) Seikilos to Euterpe"; hence the tombstone and the epigrams thereon were dedicated from Seikilos to his (most probably) wife Euterpe.
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