Detail

Component type

Ionic Capital

Order

II.Aph.2.SE2 (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

Fragment in white, grey-streaked marble, approximately half the original size of the capital with half of the echinus, one bolster, and two volutes preserved. Slight damage to volutes.

Dimensions

H (total): 25.6 | H (from bottom of Vol to top of Ab): 22.1 | W: [41.2] | D: 63.2 | LowDia: - | AbH: 4.2 | AbW: [39.4] | AbD: 60.4 | EchH: 12.8 | VolW: 18.4 | VolH: 17.9 | DistVol: - | DistEyes: - | BolL: 57.2 | BalW: 3.2

Description

Abacus undecorated. Egg and dart motif across each echinus with bead and reel below; a moulded border delineates the eggs and the darts point upward, similar to 3. No differentiation between the echinus and neck. Volutes turn three times. Bolsters decorated with scale-like leaf pattern, similar to SE3c, SE5c–SE7c, SE12c, SE13c, SE15c, SE17c, and SE18c. 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.