Engraved on an ancient Burial Stele at Tralles, Asia Minor, this beautiful poem with concise musical notations was discovered and published by Ramsay, 1883. Musical signs deciphered by Wessley, 1891. The stone itself, long preserved in the collection of Young at Doudja, disappeared after the burning of Smyrna (September 1923). It is now in the Copenhagen Museum, Inv. No. 14897. This song, written in the ancient Greek Hypophrygian Mode, is so far, the oldest complete piece of music ever found - unlike the other precious shards of ancient Greek music which have survived; this piece is unique, as it survived in its entirety. The ancient Greek burial stele on which it was found bore the following epitaph: "I am a stone icon. Seikilos placed me here, a mark of immortal remembrance throughout time." The words of the song are: "Hoson zes, phainou Meden holos su lupou; Pros oligon esti to zen To telos ho chronos apaitei" Translation - "While you live, shine Have not much grief Life is for a short while Time requires an end"