Detail

Component type

Ionic Capital

Order

II.Aph.2.SE1 (Ionic Order)

Date

late 5th/early 6th century AD

Materials

Local (Marble)

Current location

Re-erected in the Place of Palms, South Stoa

State of preservation

Complete capital, with a portion of fluted column drum preserved below; heavy damage to the echinus on both sides and edges of the volutes. Cut from a reused block, possibly a millstone, as demonstrated by a circular channel cut on top with large boss in the centre. Currently re-erected in the South Stoa on the first 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 and dart motif on each echinus with bead moulding below; on one side, the eggs on furthest left and right sides are halved. Deeply carved volutes turn four times. Concave leaf pattern featured on bolsters, in which single leaves are positioned horizontally within vertical registers that wrap around the height of the bolsters. There are four registers in total, each separated by a simple band moulding, similar to SE4c and one side of SE16c. Balteus consists of two plain bands of astragal moulding.

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.