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PLAN VI.—PLAN OF THE ASCLEPIEUM
i. Cave containing the sacred spring, paved with pebble mosaic.
2. Wall built of fine poros blocks with dado and coping of Hymettian marble.
3. Rudely built Byzantine wall added in front of the original wall.
4. Original cross-wall, now destroyed, near the end of the stoa of Asclepius.
5. Foundation blocks of the inner row of columns of the stoa.
6, 6. Rudely built wall and arcade, added in Byzantine times.
7. Original end wall of stoa, built of very neat draughted poros blocks.
8, 8. Existing marble steps and bases of the front row of columns.
9. Marble slab, formerly a low screen at the S.E. angle of the stoa.
10. Marble-lined bath added in Byzantine times.
11. Foundations of the altar of Asclepius.
12. Polygonal wall at the east end of the Asclepieum.
13, 13. Wall on the south, apparently of same period as 17 and 18.
14. Upper part of choregic monument which now lies on the south polygonal wall.
15. Ancient wall.
16. Walls supporting the cavea of the great theatre.
17, 17. Wall of the passage and stairs to the theatre, built of conglomerate stone.
18, 18. Similar wall on the south of the passage.
19. Water channel, built of large conglomerate blocks ; this channel was cut into
and made useless when the passage to the theatre was built.
20. Foundations of the Temple of Asclepius.
21. Polygonal wall running north and south.
22. Remains of marble steps and columns in continuation of the front of the stoa of
Asclepius, but at a rather higher level.
23. Steps up to the platform at the west end of the stoa.
24. Platform in* which is a circular sacrificial pit, with four columns, which once
supported a marble canopy or aedicula.
25, 25. Four chambers for priests or patients ; the floors are formed of pebble mosaic ;
in front is a stoa or colonnade.
26. Marble steps, anta and bases of columns at the S.W. angle of the stoa.
27. Water-tank built of very neat polygonal masonry.
25. Large brick vaulted cistern of Byzantine date.
29. Foundations of a small shrine, built of Kara limestone and poros.
30. Another small shrine in antis, of which marble steps and bases still exist, of late,
possibly Byzantine date.
31. Polygonal wall on the west of the two small shrines.
32. Large vaulted brick cistern of Byzantine date.
33- Block of marble inscribed Horos Kreves, inserted in the polygonal wall on the
south side of the Asclepieum.
34- Continuation of the polygonal wall.
35- Polygonal wall running N. and S. This part is now missing.
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i. Cave containing the sacred spring, paved with pebble mosaic.
2. Wall built of fine poros blocks with dado and coping of Hymettian marble.
3. Rudely built Byzantine wall added in front of the original wall.
4. Original cross-wall, now destroyed, near the end of the stoa of Asclepius.
5. Foundation blocks of the inner row of columns of the stoa.
6, 6. Rudely built wall and arcade, added in Byzantine times.
7. Original end wall of stoa, built of very neat draughted poros blocks.
8, 8. Existing marble steps and bases of the front row of columns.
9. Marble slab, formerly a low screen at the S.E. angle of the stoa.
10. Marble-lined bath added in Byzantine times.
11. Foundations of the altar of Asclepius.
12. Polygonal wall at the east end of the Asclepieum.
13, 13. Wall on the south, apparently of same period as 17 and 18.
14. Upper part of choregic monument which now lies on the south polygonal wall.
15. Ancient wall.
16. Walls supporting the cavea of the great theatre.
17, 17. Wall of the passage and stairs to the theatre, built of conglomerate stone.
18, 18. Similar wall on the south of the passage.
19. Water channel, built of large conglomerate blocks ; this channel was cut into
and made useless when the passage to the theatre was built.
20. Foundations of the Temple of Asclepius.
21. Polygonal wall running north and south.
22. Remains of marble steps and columns in continuation of the front of the stoa of
Asclepius, but at a rather higher level.
23. Steps up to the platform at the west end of the stoa.
24. Platform in* which is a circular sacrificial pit, with four columns, which once
supported a marble canopy or aedicula.
25, 25. Four chambers for priests or patients ; the floors are formed of pebble mosaic ;
in front is a stoa or colonnade.
26. Marble steps, anta and bases of columns at the S.W. angle of the stoa.
27. Water-tank built of very neat polygonal masonry.
25. Large brick vaulted cistern of Byzantine date.
29. Foundations of a small shrine, built of Kara limestone and poros.
30. Another small shrine in antis, of which marble steps and bases still exist, of late,
possibly Byzantine date.
31. Polygonal wall on the west of the two small shrines.
32. Large vaulted brick cistern of Byzantine date.
33- Block of marble inscribed Horos Kreves, inserted in the polygonal wall on the
south side of the Asclepieum.
34- Continuation of the polygonal wall.
35- Polygonal wall running N. and S. This part is now missing.
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