Detail

Component type

Column shaft

Order

II.Aph.2.SE8 (Ionic Order)

Date

late 5th/early 6th century AD

Materials

Aphrodisian blue (Marble)

Current location

Re-erected in the Place of Palms, South Stoa

State of preservation

Moderate to significant abrasions occur on the upper and lower surfaces of each drum.

Dimensions

Drum 1 (unfluted; Aphrodisian blue marble): H: 1.62 m | Lower Diam: 0.61 m | Upper Diam: 0.57 m | Apophyge: 0.085 m 

Drum 2 (partially fluted; Aphrodisian blue marble): H: 1.02 m (half fluted for a length of 0.17 m) | Fillet W: 0.021 m | Flute W: 0.065 m | # of fillets: 20 

Drum 3 (fluted; Aphrodisian blue marble): H: 1.5 m 

 

 

Description

Partially fluted; composed of three drums all carved from Aphrodisian blue marble. The second drum is partially fluted, with fillets that end in a pi-shaped moulding. 0.46 m up the third drum are small cuttings, probably for hanging garland or other fittings.

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