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124 and 132 A. D. Before 1927, this ruin, a rectangular build-
ing with three parallel halls, was considered the fourth cen-
tury Pompeion. It was destroyed in its turn, by the Heruli, the
first northern barbarians who sacked Athens, in 267 A. D.
Potters established their workshops above its ruins: lamps and
terracotta figurines datable to the fourth century provide re-
liable evidence. These in their turn disappeared under a
Byzantine stratum: fine glazed pottery of the sixth and suc-
ceeding centuries shows that the ancient Potter's Quarter de-
served its name far into the Middle Ages.
We have been able to follow the history of the Keramei-
kos through almost two thousand years, in uninterrupted se-
quence. The finds which had accumulated during ten years
of assiduous work had to be stored in sheds and in a small
house which soon proved inadequate. Once again Mr. Ober-
laender showed his enlightened interest in our aims, by pro-
viding the funds for a museum, to be ereclzi -- '1~ - ''mm/mm
destined to contain all the objects discoveE. ^\\I/J
cavations that he had financed. This last g ELr
patron was made in the summer of 1936, a | Wl^S
his untimely death. It has a special sign E_r
easily have considered it the duty of the Gn E.
Service to house the finds by which foreigELr
enriched Greece. But with his quick coiE.
sentials, Mr. Oberlaender at once unders ELr (0
authorities lacked the means to build a r|_ -c
those finds; thus they would either contirlLs1 O
into quite inadequate sheds, or scattered ai=_
of the National Museum at Athens, there |_2> J~
their value as scientific material, and all =_
they deserved, as evidence of many years =_t q
ship and generous endowment. Plans of =. ^Jj
seum had been prepared by a gifted youn; -
hannes, who had worked with us for sever -
submitted these plans to Mr. Oberlaende|
made some acute suggestions which we wei §_ (3
After his death The Oberlaender Trust, oi -
CD
ing with three parallel halls, was considered the fourth cen-
tury Pompeion. It was destroyed in its turn, by the Heruli, the
first northern barbarians who sacked Athens, in 267 A. D.
Potters established their workshops above its ruins: lamps and
terracotta figurines datable to the fourth century provide re-
liable evidence. These in their turn disappeared under a
Byzantine stratum: fine glazed pottery of the sixth and suc-
ceeding centuries shows that the ancient Potter's Quarter de-
served its name far into the Middle Ages.
We have been able to follow the history of the Keramei-
kos through almost two thousand years, in uninterrupted se-
quence. The finds which had accumulated during ten years
of assiduous work had to be stored in sheds and in a small
house which soon proved inadequate. Once again Mr. Ober-
laender showed his enlightened interest in our aims, by pro-
viding the funds for a museum, to be ereclzi -- '1~ - ''mm/mm
destined to contain all the objects discoveE. ^\\I/J
cavations that he had financed. This last g ELr
patron was made in the summer of 1936, a | Wl^S
his untimely death. It has a special sign E_r
easily have considered it the duty of the Gn E.
Service to house the finds by which foreigELr
enriched Greece. But with his quick coiE.
sentials, Mr. Oberlaender at once unders ELr (0
authorities lacked the means to build a r|_ -c
those finds; thus they would either contirlLs1 O
into quite inadequate sheds, or scattered ai=_
of the National Museum at Athens, there |_2> J~
their value as scientific material, and all =_
they deserved, as evidence of many years =_t q
ship and generous endowment. Plans of =. ^Jj
seum had been prepared by a gifted youn; -
hannes, who had worked with us for sever -
submitted these plans to Mr. Oberlaende|
made some acute suggestions which we wei §_ (3
After his death The Oberlaender Trust, oi -
CD