Chalkotheke

archaeological site · 550 BC – 2099 AD

The Chalkotheke was a treasury on the Acropolis of Athens, built in the late fifth or early fourth century BC to house metal objects, especially weapons and armour. Many inscribed inventories survive from the fourth century BC.

Coordinates

37.97132, 23.72583

Also known as

Building VII (en), Building VII (en), chalkothḗkē,khalkothḗkē (grc), χαλκοθήκη (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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