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Source Image: PR311_04_08 of Iscehisar Quarries: Miscellaneous Architecture

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Description

Detail of a roughed-out block and column shaft from the Bacakale Quarry, Iscehisar.

Monument
Iscehisar Quarries: Miscellaneous Architecture 
Monument Type
Architecture 
Material(s)
Dokimeian marble (Visual identification)  
Date
circa bc 50 - circa ad 300 
Keywords
InscriptionRoughed-out Object  
Collections
Iscehisar  

Location

Original Location
Iscehisar 

Evidence for working practices

1. - Toolmarks

Process
Squaring
Tool
Saw
Description
The block has been sawn on its closest side. This might have been done during quarrying or perhaps afterwards to square this side of the block.

1. - Toolmarks

Process
Roughing-out
Tool
Point
Method
Angle: Vertical (90°)
Force: Hard
Description
Point chiselling is visible on the other surfaces of the block and the column shaft. The block is stepped so that as much of its volume as possible can be used for panels for wall revetment or flooring. This was one way of maximising what could be cut out of an irregularly shaped block.

2. Toolmarks

Process
Lettering
Tool
Point
Method
Angle: Shallow (40-50°)
Force: Medium
Description
An inscription has been added to the sawn face of the block. This is an accounting inscription of the sort common at Dokimeion which allowed the authorities in charge to keep track of who was quarrying what.

Notes

The Bacakale Quarry is the largest quarry at Iscehisar (ancient Dokimeion) and the focus of modern activity at the site. Both white and coloured marble are extracted here, the latter a white-cream breccia with purple veins (pavonazzetto).

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