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Early Phase Orientalizing Complex Building 5 (EPOC5)
Early Phase Orientalizing Complex 5 (EPOC5) was found a few meters east of EPOC4 on Piano del Tesoro. This structure was built of irregularly-shaped flat stones that are thought to be the base for a wooden column which would have supported the roof of the building. It is hypothesized to be a workshop contemporary with Early Phase Orientalizing Period 4 (EPOC4).

Similarities to Orientalizing Complex 2/Workshop (OC2)
EPOC5 is thought to be a workshop, because of similarities between its design, specifically its column pads, with Orientalizing Complex 2/Workshop (OC2). Both structures involve a common measurement system of 0.27 meters used during the Orientalizing Period. The distance between the column bases at EPOC5 is 2.7m (ten times the uniform distance), and the distance between column pads of OC2 visible in trench Tesoro 26 (T26) is also 2.7m. Another measurement example is found in T30 where the distance between columns pads is 5.4m, twice the measurement of the intercolumniation of EPOC5 and other portions of OC2.