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title: The Seikilos Stele
author: Copenhagen National Museum
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# The Seikilos Stele

_Authored by Copenhagen National Museum_

## Image File

[![The Seikilos Stele](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3806.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3806.jpg)

## Image Caption

The Seikilos Stele, Copenhagnen NM inv.14897. This [grave](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) stele preserves the oldest complete song that has survived to our times, and dates to around the 2nd century CE. Found in 1883 by Sir William Ramsay at Aydin (Tralleis), the grave stele now resides in Copenhagen National Museum. This view shows the stele face on.

## Bibliography

- [Egert Pohlmann. *Documents of Ancient Greek Music.* Oxford University Press, 2001, 88-91.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/019815223X/)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, C. N. (2015, April 16). The Seikilos Stele. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3806/the-seikilos-stele/>
### Chicago
Museum, Copenhagen National. "The Seikilos Stele." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 16, 2015. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3806/the-seikilos-stele/>.
### MLA
Museum, Copenhagen National. "The Seikilos Stele." *World History Encyclopedia*, 16 Apr 2015, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3806/the-seikilos-stele/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](http://samlinger.natmus.dk/AS/7971) by **Copenhagen National Museum**. Submitted by [James Lloyd](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jtl203/ "User Page: James Lloyd"), published on 16 April 2015. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.