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Stele with Artemis, Cybele, and Two WorshippersR2 Cat. 20
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
Ca. 400 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))
On both sides remain parts of the top of the triangular pediment (W. 0.49). Part of the interior of the pediment is preserved on the l. (H. 0.24; D. 0.65). Its corner ends just above the inner edge of the l. pilaster capital. It must have had acroter...
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The north wall of the temple of Artemis, discolored by a century of lichen and cyanobacteria, with Hiroko Kariya testing the new method of cleaning marble using Preventol, 2013.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Foundations of Roman stairs in east porch of Temple of Artemis, slumped into late Roman pit after removal of foundations of column in antis.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Inscribed Stele (reused in late antique Spolia Wall): Honorific Inscription for Aurelia Iulia, priestess of ArtemisM14 Cat. 393
Stele, Inscription
Marble, Stone
Probably after 212 AD (occurrence of Aurelii), before Elagabalus’s bestowal of the third neokoria (see l. 4). (Roman)
Stele of marble, slightly trimmed on its right side; the upper part is broken off. Letters with long apices.
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Graphite drawing by Charles Robert Cockerell (1788–1863) of the standing columns of the Temple of Artemis, Sardis. East end. Columns # 7, #6, and, probably, #17.Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection [Folio A N 128 copy 2, drawing opposite plate "Chap.II.Pl.IV" from Antiquities of Ionia by the Society of Dilettanti with annotations by Charles Robert Cockerell, London, 1769-1915]
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Gruben’s building phases of the Artemis temple. Top: Early Hellenistic (300–280 BC); center: Hellenistic (190–150 BC); bottom: Roman Imperial.After Gruben, AthMitt 76, 1961, pl V.
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Gruben’s building phases of the Artemis temple. Top: Early Hellenistic (300–280 BC); center: Hellenistic (190–150 BC); bottom: Roman Imperial.
After Gruben, AthMitt 76, 1961, pl V.
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Gruben’s building phases of the Artemis temple. Top: Early Hellenistic (300–280 BC); center: Hellenistic (190–150 BC); bottom: Roman Imperial.
After Gruben, AthMitt 76, 1961, pl V.
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Gruben’s building phases of the Artemis temple. Top: Early Hellenistic (300–280 BC); center: Hellenistic (190–150 BC); bottom: Roman Imperial.
After Gruben, AthMitt 76, 1961, pl V.
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Temple of Artemis, Sardis, plans of temple phases, 1:200. Hellenistic phase, ca. 280–260 BC; Roman phase, as preserved, ca. mid-second century AD; Roman phase, partially restored; Roman phase, fully restored, with hypothetical peristyle.Fikret Yegül, ©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Temple of Artemis, Sardis, plans of temple phases, 1:200. Hellenistic phase, ca. 280–260 BC; Roman phase, as preserved, ca. mid-second century AD; Roman phase, partially restored; Roman phase, fully restored, with hypothetical peristyle.
Fikret Yegül, ©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Temple of Artemis, Sardis, plans of temple phases, 1:200. Hellenistic phase, ca. 280–260 BC; Roman phase, as preserved, ca. mid-second century AD; Roman phase, partially restored; Roman phase, fully restored, with hypothetical peristyle.
Fikret Yegül, ©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Temple of Artemis, Sardis, plans of temple phases, 1:200. Hellenistic phase, ca. 280–260 BC; Roman phase, as preserved, ca. mid-second century AD; Roman phase, partially restored; Roman phase, fully restored, with hypothetical peristyle.
Fikret Yegül, ©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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State plan, Temple of Artemis, Sardis, drawn at 1:100. (Reduced scale; large version here)©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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State plan, Temple of Artemis, Sardis, drawn at 1:100. (Reduced scale; large version here)
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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State plan, Temple of Artemis, Sardis, drawn at 1:100. (Reduced scale; large version here)
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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State plan, Temple of Artemis, Sardis, drawn at 1:100. (Reduced scale; large version here)
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Northeast anta of the temple of Artemis, before cleaning. The overhanging architrave block has shielded the anta below from rain, so lichen and cyanobacteria have not grown, and the original color of the marble is preserved.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
