Dating from around the middle of the second century BC, it is carved enti
rely out of the\b \cf1 \ATXht21 \ATXht20 tufa\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of the hill in which it is set. Its external appearance was that of a temple with six \b \cf1 \ATXht3 columns\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 at the front and three at the sides. It must have originally ha
d a rich sculptural decoration and been painted in bright colors. The \b \cf1 \ATXht5 entablature\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 had two friezes of different heights decorated with figures of \b \cf1 \ATXht7 griffins\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and foliage; the fluted columns ha
d \b \cf1 \ATXht3 capitals\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 with volutes decorated with male and female figures. Behind the \b \cf1 \ATXht16 pronaos\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 there was a false cell on a square plan. The burial chamber was underground and entered by means of a sl