Detail

Component type

Ionic Capital

Order

II.Aph.2.SE16 (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

Complete capital in white marble, with portion of fluted column drum and dowel hole preserved below. Minor wear to the abacus. Circular dowel hole in centre bottom, Dia.: 4.0, D: 4.0.

Dimensions

H (total): 31.1 | H (from bottom of Vol to top of Ab): 20.5 | W: 60.6 | D: 65.2 | LowDia: 47.6 | AbH: 3 | AbW: 60 | AbD: 59.2 | EchH: 13.8 | VolW: 17.2, 17.9 | VolH: 17.5 | DistVol: 26.7 | DistEyes: 43.5 | BolL: 58.8 | BalW: 3.8

 

Description

Abacus undecorated. Echinus on each side features a six-petaled rosette set within a banded circle that fills the height of the echinus, similar to SE4c. To either side of the rosette are upward pointing darts. No differentiation between echinus and neck. Volutes turn three times. One bolster decorated with concave leaf pattern, similar to SE1c and SE4c; one bolster left unfinished with point marks visible and the shaping of the balteus.

Found in South Stoa near the northwest section of the theatre hill retaining wall. See Aphrodisias Excavation Notebook 271: PortTib S. I-85, Find M65, p. 28. 30. 35.

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.