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Source Image: PR302_06_23 of Pilaster Capital (5) of Aphrodisias: Miscellaneous Architecture

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Description

Detail of a decorated pilaster capital.

Monument
Aphrodisias: Miscellaneous Architecture 
Monument Part
Pilaster Capital (5) 
Monument Type
Architecture 
Material(s)
Aphrodisian marble (Visual identification)  
Date
post ad 350 - pre ad 500 
Keywords
Aphrodite/VenusFoliagePilaster Capital  
Collections
Aphrodisias, Site and Museum  

Location

Original Location
Aphrodisias 
Current Location
Aphrodisias Museum 

Evidence for working practices

Notes

This detail shows a part-finished pilaster capital on which a number of working stages are visible. The figure to the left has been quite roughly shaped with a narrow flat chisel, and the foliage on the right appears to have gone through this stage of work too. Before any more detailed work was done, though, the carver started with the drill on the leaves and followed this up with some use of the channelling tool. At this stage the capital was presumably needed and so no drilling or finer carving was undertaken on the central figure.

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