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Building Catalog Name: Delphi, Treasury of the Athenians (XI)

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Site: Delphi
Type: Treasury
Summary: Temple-like building; in the southern half of the Sanctuary of Apollo, northwest of the point where the Sacred Way 1st curves and ascends to the northeast.
Date: 510 B.C. - 480 B.C.
Period: Archaic

Plan:

Small Doric building with cella opening east onto a pronaos, distyle in antis.


History:

Built by the Athenians after 490 B.C. with spoils form the Battle of Marathon. The walls are covered with inscriptions, including hymns to Apollo with musical notation. The treasury rests on a triangular terrace but had no steps and was not meant to be regularly entered. The building replaces an older Treasury of the Athenians of unknown plan. The extant Treasury was re-erected in 1904-1906, and more than 80 percent of the material is from the original building.


Dimensions:

6.68 m x 9.75 m.


Other Bibliography:

Rossiter 1981, 407; Lawrence 1983, 174-175; Dinsmoor 1975, 117; de la Coste-Messelière 1943, 325; PECS, 266

See Also: Delphi, Athenian Treasury Metopes

Views:

2 Plans

Archive NumberCaption
1990.33.0164aPlan
1990.33.0165aElevation of front and side

49 Images

Archive NumberCaption
1990.33.0164aPlan
1991.04.0149Overview from N
1990.33.0165aElevation of front and side
1991.04.0140Overview of S wall
1989.v1.0019Overall view of front of building
1989.v1.0013Overall view of front
1989.v1.0012Front of building from NE
1989.v1.0014Entablature of front of building
1991.04.0146Facade from E
1991.04.0144East facade
1989.v1.0020Two columns in antis at entrance
1991.04.0145Doric frieze of E facade
1991.04.0151Doric frieze from N
1991.04.0150Doric frieze and east gable from N
1991.04.0148South half of E facade
1989.v1.0015South half of entablature of front of building
1991.04.0143Detail of upper SE corner of E facade
1989.v1.0024Detail of two metopes from E facade
1989.v1.0025Inscriptions on architrave of E facade
1989.v1.0022Entablature of E facade
1989.v1.0021Detail of E pediment and Doric frieze
1991.04.0147Detail of frieze on E facade
1989.v1.0018Detail of two metopes in front entablature
1989.v1.0017Detail of a metope on E facade
1989.v1.0016Detail of two metopes on E facade
1989.v1.0023Interior of front pediment from NW
1991.04.0142Detail of S wall masonry
1991.04.0141Detail of Doric frieze of S entablature
1992.12.0147Overall view of entrance on E side, looking W-NW
1992.12.0146S end of E facade, showing unusual use of five guttae on the regulae of the architrave
1992.12.0149Detail of inscriptions on anta at SE corner of facade, including incised silhouette of citharode Apollo
1992.12.0145Detail of inscription on architrave directly above column capitals
1992.12.0142Doric capital of left column
1992.12.0143Doric capital of right column
1992.12.0141E side pediment and entablature, with casts of metopes in situ
1992.12.0138Rear wall of treasury with casts of metopes in situ, looking E
1992.12.0135Detail of inscriptions on treasury
1992.12.0134Detail of inscriptions on treasury
1992.12.0133Detail of inscriptions on treasury, including crowns
1992.12.0132Detail of inscriptions on treasury, including crowns
1992.12.0130Space between SW corner of treasury and Marathon base, looking E
1992.12.0136SW corner of treasury and Marathon base, looking NE
1992.12.0137Foundations of treasury at SW corner and Marathon base, looking E
1992.12.0131Closer view of Marathon base along S side
1992.12.0129Detail of SW corner block and foundation of Marathon base, looking E
1992.12.0126Leftmost inscribed block of Marathon base
1992.12.0127Center-left inscribed block of Marathon base
1992.12.0128Center inscribed block of Marathon base
1992.12.0125Inscribed Marathon base along S side of treasury, looking NE
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