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Source Image: PR302_04_24 of South Portico of Aphrodisias: North Agora

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Description

Detail of the entablature of the North Agora colonnade.

Monument
Aphrodisias: North Agora 
Monument Part
South Portico 
Monument Type
Architecture 
Material(s)
Aphrodisian marble (Visual identification)  
Date
post bc 15 - pre ad 100 
Keywords
Column ShaftEntablatureIonic Capital  
Collections
Aphrodisias, Site and Museum  

Location

Original Location
Aphrodisias 

Evidence for working practices

1. Block joint

Process
Placement
Description
A considerable amount of the carving of these entablature blocks seems to have been carried out before they were put in place. The lines of the fasciae of the architrave, for instance, do not appear to line up terribly well across the blocks.

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