Detail

Component type

Ionic Capital

Order

II.Aph.2.SE11 (Ionic Order)

Date

late 5th/early 6th century AD

Materials

Local (Marble)

Current location

Aphrodisias, Place of Palms - re-erected

State of preservation

Complete capital, with portion of unfluted column shaft preserved below. Slight damage to the abacus and one volute. Currently re-erected in the South Stoa on the thirteenth restored column from the East Gate; measurements unavailable.

Dimensions

H (total): - | H (from bottom of Vol to top of Ab): - | W: - | D: - | LowDia: - | AbH: - | AbW: - | AbD: - | EchH: - | VolW: - | VolH: - | DistVol: - | DistEyes: - | BolL: - | BalW: -

Description

Abacus undecorated. Egg pattern across each echinus, delineated by thick border moulding consisting of three eggs on either side, similar to SE10c. Little differentiation between the echinus and neck. Volutes turn three or four times. Bolster and balteus unfinished.

Found within area of South Stoa near the East Gate. See Aphrodisias Excavation Notebook 279: PortTib SE I-86, Bk 2, p. 12. 13. 18.

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.