\paperw4695 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \qr \f1 \fs22 THE COTHON \par
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The cothon, protected by the fortified structures of the ½south gate,╗ was linked to the s
ea by a canal that was 30 m long and over 5 m wide. While the access canal dates from the end of the sixth century BC, the internal basin could not have been completed before the end of the following century.\par