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Krokeai

Quarry

Coordinates: 36.88°N 22.54°E

Greece / Graecia

Details

Stone:

Serpentine,

Bibliography:

Gnoli 1988: 141-142; Mielsch 1985: 66; Le Roy 1961; Chrismes 1952: 73; Zezza and Lazzarini 2002

Location:

Southern Lakonia

Material:

Dark green serpentine (porfido verde di Grecia or serpentino) flecked with bright green crystals, and a variety of lighter green pavonazzetto; used from the Mycenean period but only exported inter-regionally in the Roman Imperial period

Bibliography

Chrismes 1952: 73; Le Roy 1961; Mielsch 1985: 66; Gnoli 1988: 141-142; Zezza - Lazzarini 2002.

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