Kuretes Street ended at the corner
of the Library Agora. The Marble Street started from the side of the Library
Agora, passed from the eastern corner of the Tetragonos Agora and reached the
Theatre Court without spoiling the integrity of the street. This was main
Street of Ephesus during the Empire period and it was at the same time the
primary religious ceremonial (processional) street and this street was
completely paved in marble. There were stoas for pedestrians along both sides
of this street, along which vehicles passed. The main sewage pipes passing
under Kuretes Street at the Library Court divided into two, with one section
continuing to the Western Gate beneath the Tetragonos Agora. The other running
beneath the Marble Street. There was the Stoa of Nero on the western side of
the city and another stoa which ended by the analemma wall at the northern side
of the grand theatre to the east. There were one-room lodgings employed for
trade purposes behind the columns of the eastern stoa and there were the
entrances of the humble and multistoried residences, only few of which have
been excavated. The Stoa of Nero extending along the western side of the Marble
Street, was elevated 1.70m. above Street level and there was an arched entrance
gate near its northern edge. The terrace wall of the Stoa of Nero was
constructed with bossed masonry blocks. There was a depiction of a heart
punctured with an arrow and a foot, and an effigy of a woman of Polos engraved
on a marble block that were found close to the middle of the stoa. The
depiction of the heart indicates the love houses and the effigy of the woman of
Polos indicates the library as noted above is related by some. In later periods
this street intersected with the city walls adjacent to the rear wall of the
theatre strage building where a “city gate” with grand marble doorpost was
constructed from reused blocks. Widening out behind this gate, the street
continued to the Arkadiane and to the Theatre Court, where large stairs
provided entry to the theatre.
2/9/13
The Marble Street
Kuretes Street ended at the corner
of the Library Agora. The Marble Street started from the side of the Library
Agora, passed from the eastern corner of the Tetragonos Agora and reached the
Theatre Court without spoiling the integrity of the street. This was main
Street of Ephesus during the Empire period and it was at the same time the
primary religious ceremonial (processional) street and this street was
completely paved in marble. There were stoas for pedestrians along both sides
of this street, along which vehicles passed. The main sewage pipes passing
under Kuretes Street at the Library Court divided into two, with one section
continuing to the Western Gate beneath the Tetragonos Agora. The other running
beneath the Marble Street. There was the Stoa of Nero on the western side of
the city and another stoa which ended by the analemma wall at the northern side
of the grand theatre to the east. There were one-room lodgings employed for
trade purposes behind the columns of the eastern stoa and there were the
entrances of the humble and multistoried residences, only few of which have
been excavated. The Stoa of Nero extending along the western side of the Marble
Street, was elevated 1.70m. above Street level and there was an arched entrance
gate near its northern edge. The terrace wall of the Stoa of Nero was
constructed with bossed masonry blocks. There was a depiction of a heart
punctured with an arrow and a foot, and an effigy of a woman of Polos engraved
on a marble block that were found close to the middle of the stoa. The
depiction of the heart indicates the love houses and the effigy of the woman of
Polos indicates the library as noted above is related by some. In later periods
this street intersected with the city walls adjacent to the rear wall of the
theatre strage building where a “city gate” with grand marble doorpost was
constructed from reused blocks. Widening out behind this gate, the street
continued to the Arkadiane and to the Theatre Court, where large stairs
provided entry to the theatre.
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