Detail

Component type

Ionic Capital

Order

II.Aph.2.SE14 (Ionic Order)

Date

late 5th/early 6th century AD

Materials

Aphrodisian white (Marble)

Current location

Aphrodisias, Place of Palms, South Stoa block field

State of preservation

Nearly complete capital in white marble; missing a single volute with some damage on others. Dowel hole preserved below. Circular dowel hole in the centre bottom, Dia.: 6.0, D: 7.3.

Dimensions

H (total): 18.1 | H (from bottom of Vol to top of Ab): 19.1 | W: 67.4 | D: 59.7 | LowDia: 51.2 | AbH: 3.7 | AbW: 55.1 | AbD: 51.2 | EchH: 10.4, 11.1 | VolW: 16.2 | VolH: 15.4 | DistVol: 35 | DistEyes: 50.6 | BolL: 50.5 | BalW: 6.9

Description

Abacus undecorated. Egg and dart motif across one echinus consists of three eggs and four darts; a moulded border delineates the eggs and the darts point downward. Other side features two four-leafed plants springing out toward each volute from a single stem. Volutes turn four times. Scale-like leaf pattern on the bolster. Balteus consists of three wide straps.

Found in South Stoa near the northwest section of the theatre hill retaining wall. See Aphrodisias Excavation Notebook 271: PortTib S. I-85, Find M49, p. 28. 30. 32.

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.