Detail

Component type

Column shaft

Order

II.Aph.2.SE13 (Ionic Order)

Date

late 5th/early 6th century AD

Materials

Aphrodisian blue (Marble)

Current location

Re-erected in the Place of Palms, South Stoa

State of preservation

Minor to moderate abrasions to the bottom and top surfaces of each shaft.

Dimensions

Drum 1 (unfluted; Aphrodisian blue marble): H: 1.19 m | Apophyge: 0.11 m 

Drum 2 (partially fluted; Aphrodisian blue marble): H: 1.03 m (half fluted for a length of 0.61 m) | Lower Diam: 0.58 m | Upper Diam: 0.56 m | Fillet W: 0.023 m | Flute W: 0.055 m | # of fillets: 20 

Drum 3 (fluted; Aphrodisian blue marble): H: 1.20 m | Lower Diam: 0.56 m

Drum 4 (fluted; Aphrodisian blue marble): too high to measure 

 

 

 

Description

Partially fluted; composed of four drums carved from Aphrodisian blue marble. The second drum is partially fluted, with fillets that are very unevenly spaced and end in a pi-shaped moulding. 0.81 m up the third drum are small cuttings, probably for hanging garland or other fittings.

The column is reconstructed in the South Stoa, although the reliability of reconstruction is not confirmed.