Plan, Athens, Arsenal
| Context: | Athens |
| Type: | Hall |
| Summary: | Large rectangular building; north of the Temple of Hephaistos and Athena in the Agora, on the Kolonos Agoraios. |
| Date: | ca. 320 BC - 280 BC |
| Dimensions: | 17.62 m x 44.4 m. |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Hellenistic |
Plan:
Rectangular with buttressed walls, door opening east. Inside there were 2 rows of 8 supports forming 3 aisles. Large cisterns under the foundations held run-off water from the roof.
History:
Probably used for storage, possibly of military equipment, thus the name "Arsenal." Construction dated to late 4th or early 3rd century B.C.
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