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(Athens) The Kerameikos, or potters’ quarter, was a large area in ancient Athens demarcated as early as the 4th century bc with inscribed boundary stones, some of which have been found in situ. Its precise extent, origin, and relation to the Agora nevertheless remain uncertain. The boundary stones and literary sources indicate that it covered an area both inside and outside the Themistoklean wall (479 bc), while in the 2nd century ad (Pausanias: Guide to Greece I.iii.1–xiv.6) it even included the Agora. The Kerameikos is now confined to a smaller district around the Dipylon (‘double gate’; see fig.), which lies to the north-west of the Library of Hadrian (see fig. above) and has been excavated since the early 20th century by the German Archaeological Institute. This area was used for burials continuously from the 11th century bc until late Roman times, providing an excellent sequence of funerary sculpture and Attic pottery (...