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Didymoteichon, apotheke interior, looking north
At the west of the cliff, immediately before the rubble fill that terminates the trapezoidal courtyard, is the entrance to a large, rock-cut apotheke, which measures approximately 6 x 9 m. internally, subdivided by two rock-cut piers. Its floor is cut with 27 depressions to hold large ceramic pithoi for the storage of foodstuffs. A graffito monogram of the Palaiologues is carved into the wall immediately to the right of the entrance. Large quantities of Post-Byzantine ceramics were found in this area as well. Didymoteichon was a major centre of ceramic production in 18th-19th c. 126