Detail

Component type

Column shaft

Order

II.Aph.2.SE5 (Ionic Order)

Date

late 5th/early 6th century AD

Materials

Aphrodisian blue (Marble)
Aphrodisian white (Marble)

Current location

Aphrodisias, Place of Palms - re-erected

State of preservation

Two sizeable lacerations are seen across the NE face of Drum 2, and there are substantial abrasions to the top, N face of the same drum.

Dimensions

Drum 1 (unfluted; Aphrodisian white marble): H: 1.33 m | Lower Diam: 0.59 m | Apophyge: 0.10 m 

Drum 2 (partially fluted; Aphrodisian blue marble): H: 1.38 m (half fluted for a length of 0.48 m) | Fillet W: 0.025 m | Flute W: 0.065 m | # of fillets: 20 

 

Description

Partially fluted; composed of several drums, two of which remain. The second drum is partially fluted, with fillets that end in a pi-shaped moulding.

Over the unfluted sections of both drums, evidence of the tooth chisel remains as a prominent surface texture over the whole of the block, with its strokes applied in short horizontal lines. On the fluted portion of the second drum, within the fillets and on the flutes, the strokes of the tooth chisel run vertically.

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