View of the Megarian Treasury along the Sacred Way, featuring ashlar masonry. Ashlar describes the use of regular blocks cut into rectangular shapes, and often has some sort of rustication as seen here in the chiseled texture.
The south face of the Megarian Treasury, to the North of the Siphnian Treasury along the Sacred Way. In typical classical greek fashion, the wall is constructed without mortar and features isodomic ashlar masonry, characterized by the use of finely cut rectangular blocks of uniform height. These stones are also rusticated, seen in the chiseled marks giving the wall face a textured appearance. Ashlar construction is found in Bronze Age Minoan sites (DL) such as Knossos, ca. 1700 BCE, but made a resurgence during the Geometric Period from 900-700 BCE and is used extensively afterward. The Megarian Treasury itself dates from the late 6th century BCE, although little is known compared to other treasuries. The description by Baly as "rough picked" does not appear to be official archaeological terminology.
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed July 1978. Notes written on the slide or index: Megarion Treasury, rough picked ashlar.
