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6 LATE NEOLITHIC HOUSES BENEATH CENTRAL COURT
were mere dumps, of archaic aspect,1 not struck later than the seventh
century B.C., and a good deal worn. Another, still presenting the earlier,
smooth-shelled type of the tortoise,2 belongs to about the middle of the
sixth century. The fourth piece was brilliantly preserved and displayed
a tortoise of naturalistic style 3 dating from about 480 b. c. The impression
that the coins leave is that they may originally have formed part of more
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Yj FOUNDATIONS;
OF <*> S£
BASTION "t<-
OF ^ C <>
PROPYLAEUM
S-<rO
<------tO-
W SATO
i
EARLIER
EARLIER
PAVEMENT
iii
LATE NEOLrTHC HOUSES
******* u^-
VOTIVE GEEEK POTTERY
AND COINS OF AEG1NA
U LIMESTONE
^ GYPSUM
HZt RESTORED
CENTRAL COUI2T
METRES
0 1 2 J 4 5 & 7
^—i—i—i—i—i—(—h-
Fig. 2. Base-blocks of Early Greek Temple visible between Propylaeum
and Central Court.
Base-
blocks of
Temple
in neigh-
bouring
Palace
area.
than one separate hoard deposited in the treasury of an adjacent Hellenic
shrine the actual evidence of which has been preserved.
There are in fact visible in the area that here borders the Central Court
the base-blocks of an oblong building, immediately overlying the wall stumps
of a Palace chamber and the rough foundations of the bastion of the
stepped Porch beyond, blocks from which had been appropriated for this
intrusive structure.4 Its interior dimensions are 10-15 by 7 metres, with a
major axis running East and West, the main lines of the building conforming,
doubtless for convenience' sake, with those of the Palace (see Plan, Fig. 2).
We have here a very simple temple plan showing no traces of cross parti-
tions within or anlae without.
The debris containing the sherds and Aeginetan coins extends to
' Cf. B. M. Cat., PI. XXIII, 1-3. The
weights were 12 grm. and 12-2 grm. respec-
tively.
1 Cf. op. cit., PI. XXIV, 1-2. Wt. 12-3 grm.,
counter-marked with a leaf symbol.
3 Cf. op. cit, PL XXIV, 10. Wt. 12.4 grm.
4 In the course of the partial reconstitution
of the stepped upper Propylaeum some of
these blocks were replaced in their original
context.
were mere dumps, of archaic aspect,1 not struck later than the seventh
century B.C., and a good deal worn. Another, still presenting the earlier,
smooth-shelled type of the tortoise,2 belongs to about the middle of the
sixth century. The fourth piece was brilliantly preserved and displayed
a tortoise of naturalistic style 3 dating from about 480 b. c. The impression
that the coins leave is that they may originally have formed part of more
'/////"■'
PSSW^SSSSSSS
Yj FOUNDATIONS;
OF <*> S£
BASTION "t<-
OF ^ C <>
PROPYLAEUM
S-<rO
<------tO-
W SATO
i
EARLIER
EARLIER
PAVEMENT
iii
LATE NEOLrTHC HOUSES
******* u^-
VOTIVE GEEEK POTTERY
AND COINS OF AEG1NA
U LIMESTONE
^ GYPSUM
HZt RESTORED
CENTRAL COUI2T
METRES
0 1 2 J 4 5 & 7
^—i—i—i—i—i—(—h-
Fig. 2. Base-blocks of Early Greek Temple visible between Propylaeum
and Central Court.
Base-
blocks of
Temple
in neigh-
bouring
Palace
area.
than one separate hoard deposited in the treasury of an adjacent Hellenic
shrine the actual evidence of which has been preserved.
There are in fact visible in the area that here borders the Central Court
the base-blocks of an oblong building, immediately overlying the wall stumps
of a Palace chamber and the rough foundations of the bastion of the
stepped Porch beyond, blocks from which had been appropriated for this
intrusive structure.4 Its interior dimensions are 10-15 by 7 metres, with a
major axis running East and West, the main lines of the building conforming,
doubtless for convenience' sake, with those of the Palace (see Plan, Fig. 2).
We have here a very simple temple plan showing no traces of cross parti-
tions within or anlae without.
The debris containing the sherds and Aeginetan coins extends to
' Cf. B. M. Cat., PI. XXIII, 1-3. The
weights were 12 grm. and 12-2 grm. respec-
tively.
1 Cf. op. cit., PI. XXIV, 1-2. Wt. 12-3 grm.,
counter-marked with a leaf symbol.
3 Cf. op. cit, PL XXIV, 10. Wt. 12.4 grm.
4 In the course of the partial reconstitution
of the stepped upper Propylaeum some of
these blocks were replaced in their original
context.