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    The restored synthronon is a semi-circular wall behind the apse that follows the curve of the apse. It has an opening of 2.90 m and a depth of 2 m. The apse and clerical bench are 0.70 m apart, with no trace of pavement between them. In front of the apse was a raised rectangular platform that was originally over 6 m long, though now only 3.15 m remains. It had large stone slabs along the edge and a column base at the corner to which cancelli slabs for the screen were affixed. However, the platform saw modern restoration so its original form is uncertain.

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    The restored synthronon is a semi-circular wall behind the apse that follows the curve of the apse. It has an opening of 2.90 m and a depth of 2 m. The apse and clerical bench are 0.70 m apart, with no trace of pavement between them. In front of the apse was a raised rectangular platform that was originally over 6 m long, though now only 3.15 m remains. It had large stone slabs along the edge and a column base at the corner to which cancelli slabs for the screen were affixed. However, the platform saw modern restoration so its original form is uncertain.

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    The restored synthronon is a semi-circular wall behind the apse that follows the curve of the apse. It has an opening of 2.90 m and a depth of 2 m. The apse and clerical bench are 0.70 m apart, with no trace of pavement between them. In front of the apse was a raised rectangular platform that was originally over 6 m long, though now only 3.15 m remains. It had large stone slabs along the edge and a column base at the corner to which cancelli slabs for the screen were affixed. However, the platform saw modern restoration so its original form is uncertain.

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    The Synthronon

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    The restored synthronon is a semi-circular wall behind the apse that follows the curve of the apse. It has an opening of 2.90 m and a depth of 2 m. The apse and clerical bench are 0.70 m apart, with no trace of pavement between them. In front of the apse was a raised rectangular platform that was originally over 6 m long, though now only 3.15 m remains. It had large stone slabs along the edge and a column base at the corner to which cancelli slabs for the screen were affixed. However, the platform saw modern restoration so its original form is uncertain.

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    The synthronon The restored one-step synthronon, as it is preserved today, is a semi-circular wall that

    follows a trajectory concentric with the apse (pl. I and fig. 20, 22 and 32). It has an opening of 2.90 m, a
    depth of 2 m, W = 0.74 m; Hp = 0.40 m; elevation: 0.6 m). The apse and the clerical bench are set 0.70 m
    apart; in this semi-circular corridor between them no trace of pavement was identified. The northern
    end of the bench is connected to the northern end of the apse by a wall, and we can assume that the
    same situation occurred at the southern end, which is now lost. The entire structure was heavily
    restored in the 1950s, and the only information we can provide with certainty is that it was built using
    medium stones bound with earth. The presbyterium61 The Basilica no. 2 used to have a raised
    rectangular platform in front of the apse (pl. I and fig. 22 and 32), which is only partially preserved (3.15
    × 1.20 m), but the initial length (on a NNW-SSE direction) must have reached over 6 m. It is bordered by
    a course of large slabs (0.35 × 0.80/0.85/0.90/1.15 m), one of which (the one immediately east of the
    column base) preserves a groove (0.26 × 0.08 m) for fixing the cancelli slabs (fig. 37). At the platform’s
    northwestern corner lies a column base (0.60 × 0.60 m), also visible in the old photographs (fig. 7 and 8),
    to which the cancelli slabs on the northern and western side of the platform were affixed. From the
    platform itself only three limestone slabs remain (1.10 × 0.85 m/0.84 × 0.82 m/0.72 × 0.76 m), and
    between them and the column base at the corner, there is nowadays modern cement (we could not
    identify any trace of mortar or earth as original binding material), which raises the question of the
    degree to which the modern restoration affected this structure. What is certain is that of the four
    smaller slabs to the southeast, only one appears in the old photographs and plans (fig. 7), and it is
    impossible to identify with certainty which one it is. Fig. 37. Basilica no. 2’s presbyterium (detail of the
    stone bases of the chancels screen). 61 For a discussion concerning this element, see Barnea 1958, p.
    333-334, fig. 3; Duval 1980, no. 8, p. 327-328. 31 Histria. New research on the Early Christian basilicas in
    the southern part of the acropolis 133

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