Context: | Delphi |
Type: | Retaining Wall |
Summary: | Retaining wall; supported the southern side of Apollo Temple platform; eastern end forms the rear wall of Stoa of the Athenians. |
Date: | ca. 600 BC |
Dimensions: | Height: varies 2 to 4 m; Length: east-west ca. 87 m. |
Region: | Phocis |
Period: | Archaic |
Plan:
Running in a straight line, roughly east-west.
History:
Between the 2nd century B.C. and the 1st century A.D. over 800 inscriptions of various kinds were carved on the dressed face of the wall.
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