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State Prison

a Pleiades name resource

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While this name is widely used for the structure southwest of the Athenian Agora, otherwise known as the Poros Building, most sources note that the identification of that structure with the ancient prison of Athens is highly uncertain.

Romanized Name(s):
State Prison

Name as attested:

State Prison

Language:
English

Name type:
associated modern name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

twentieth century of the common era (confident)
twenty-first century of the common era (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Agora Excavations (ASCSA) Monument: State Prison

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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