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Fig.84: The Erbbina Inscription (Courtils 2003, 31 fig. 6).
Although he was brought up with the Greek culture, the
great ruler never ignored his ancestral line. While dedicating
another votive to the Goddess Artemis, he first mentioned his
father, Kheriga. In fact, the point where he showed his ances-
tral lineage and the power behind it perfectly became his own
tomb.
Erbbina, the last great ruler of the Xanthians, was sent off
on his eternal journey around 380 BC However, before he died,
he had such a tomb built for himself that this structure has a
completely different architectural style than the tombs of his
ancestors. There is a high podium with Persian features at the
bottom of his tomb. Above it, it was completed with an upper
roof with a pediment in the form of an Ionian temple with a cella

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