Detail

Component type

Ionic Capital

Order

II.Aph.2.SE10 (Ionic Order)

Date

late 5th/early 6th century AD

Materials

Aphrodisian blue (Marble)

Current location

Aphrodisias, Place of Palms, South Stoa block field

State of preservation

Complete capital in blue-grey marble, with portion of unfluted column drum shaft preserved below. Height is unobtainable in current position.

Dimensions

H (total): - | H (from bottom of Vol to top of Ab): 20.5 | W: 58.6 | D: 63.9 | LowDia: 51.2 | AbH: 3.4 | AbW: 58.6 | AbD: 60.7 | EchH: 9.6, 10.9 | VolW: 19.9, 18.3 | VolH: 16.5, 17.1 | DistVol: 22 | DistEyes: 40.4 | BolL: 57.1 | BalW: 7.6

Description

Abacus undecorated. Egg pattern across each echinus, delineated by thick cushion moulding consisting of three eggs on either side, similar to SE11c. No differentiation between the echinus and the neck. Volutes turn three times. Bolster and balteus roughed out, but otherwise unfinished.

Bibliography

Kidd, A.B. 2018. “The Ionic Capitals from the South Stoa of Aphrodisias’ Urban Park: A Case Study of Urban Design in Late Antiquity.” Istanbuler Mitteilungen 68: 209-244.