Detail

Component type

Ionic Capital

Order

II.Aph.2.SE7 (Ionic Order)

Date

late 5th/early 6th century AD

Materials

Local (Marble)

Current location

Aphrodisias, Place of Palms, South Stoa block field

State of preservation

Small fragment, with one volute and most of a single bolster preserved; a portion of the unfluted column drum shaft and partial dowel hole below; no echinus remains on either side. Circular dowel hole in the centre bottom, no visible lead: D: 4.3.

Dimensions

H (total): 28.4 | H (from bottom of Vol to top of Ab): 21.9 | W: [36.9] | D: [52.8] | LowDia: [25.5] | AbH: 5 | AbW: - | AbD: - | EchH: - | VolW: 17.9 | VolH: 16.9 | DistVol: - | DistEyes: - | BolL: [29.8] | BalW: 4.7

Description

Abacus undecorated. Volute turns three times. Scale-like leaf pattern on the bolster, similar to SE2c, SE3c, SE5c, SE6c, SE12c, SE13c, SE15c, SE17c and SE18c. Balteus consists of three flat bands across the bolster, similar to SE3c–SE5c and SE12c.

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.