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Capital of fluted column with springing arches, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Capital
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 186
- Date
- Later 2nd or early 3rd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S58.010
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture, Sarcophagus
- Sculpture Type
- Sarcophagus
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- CG
- Findspot
- CG MAE.
- Description
- The deeply carved decoration of capital and arches is similar to, but not identical with, the sarcophagus of Claudia Antonia Sabina (Cat. 243 Fig. 422). The springing of the arches is also considerably steeper than on that sarcophagus. The type and details would fit the later 2nd or early 3rd C. A.D.
- Condition
Marble.
Top of spirally fluted sarcophagus column, Corinthian capital, and the springing of two arches preserved.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.31; W. 0.25; Th. 0.15.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR