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Two photographs. One several models of the Athenian agora in the Stoa of Attalos. This model of the Library of Pantainos is taken from two directions.

In the first photograph, the view is from the southwest agora. Beside the library is the Stoa of…

Looking towards the Roman agora, standing on top of the wall covering the north stoa of the Library of Pantainos. In the distance, the pediment over the entrance to the Roman agora can be seen in the middle of the photograph.

The remains of the roadway between the Library of Pantainos (right) and the Stoa of Attalos (left). This roadway led to the Roman agora. Between the wall on the right and the wall holding up Pikilis Street in the upper left, a series of poles…

The marble archway of the Stoa of Attalos has three column capitals blocking it as an entrance/exit. Across the paved road is a wall marking where the north stoa of the Library of Pantainos would have been.

Two column bases mark the end of the north stoa of the LIbrary of Pantainos. Today, what would have been inside the stoa (and perhaps some shops) are benches for weary visitors to the agora.

The plan shows the layout of the Library of Pantainos and its north and east stoas. There is a central peristyle court, common in Roman libraries where natural light could be used to read.

These steps lead down from the north stoa of the Library of Pantainos into the street between the library and the Stoa of Attalos.

Three photographs.

The first photograph shows the library proper behind the stoa with a storefront shop. This room is believed to have housed a cult statue of Trajan; the white, vertical stone to the right of the entrance contains the…

This is a view of the Roman road between the Stoa of Attalos and the Library of Pantainos, looking towards the agora. To the right is part of a statue base. To the left in the background can be seen the beginning of the Herulian Wall that had been…

Two photographs, showing the fragment of a marble stele with the library regulations. This is the only known surviving rules of an ancient library.

Translation: "No book is to be taken out because we have sworn an oath. [The library] is to be open…