Detail

Component type

Ionic Capital

Order

II.Aph.2.SE9 (Ionic Order)

Date

late 5th/early 6th century AD

Materials

Aphrodisian blue (Marble)

Current location

Aphrodisias, Place of Palms, South Stoa block field

State of preservation

Complete capital in blue-grey marble, with a portion of unfluted column drum shaft and dowel hole preserved below. Slight damage to two volutes. Circular dowel hole in the centre bottom, no visible lead: Dia.: 3.4; D: 4.3.

Dimensions

H (total): 37 | H (from bottom of Vol to top of Ab): 23.6 | W: 67.5 | D: 67.7 | LowDia: 45.3 | AbH: 3.4 | AbW: 60.9 | AbD: 60.8 | EchH: 17.5, 18.2 | VolW: 21.4 | VolH: 20.2 | DistVol: 26.9 | DistEyes: 47.6 | BolL: 60.7 | BalW: 2.8

 

Description

Abacus undecorated. Egg pattern across each echinus, delineated by a thin border moulding, consisting of three eggs on one side and two on the other; echinus on one side remains unfinished. No differentiation between the echinus and neck. Volutes turn three times. Bolster and balteus unfinished; point marks visible on one side.

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.