Citation
Page reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 206, 208, 211, 227 - Book catalogue no.: Olive Oil cat. 3. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92512>
Description
Local Name: Ataköy
Local Informant: Halil Yoruk, Mayor of Ataköy
Local Information: It is in Haci's field; Recep Topal and Muhammed Çetintaş took us there. They also told us that at the center of the bowl there was a marble socket, which is now broken and missing since the last five years.
Latitude: 37.44.50.64
Longitude: 28.41.57.00
Elevation: 631m
Dimensions: Crushing Basin (A125a) ** Outer Diam: 1.825 m; Inner Diam: 1.48 m; p. H: 0.28 m; Inner D: 0.23 m ** Central post: Diam: 0.365 m; p. H: ** Counterweight Block (A125b) ** L: 1.10 m; W: 0.98 m; p. H: 0.565 m ** Slot: W: 0.11–0.14 m; D: 0.14 m
Description: Crushing Basin (A125a) ** Material: Marble ** Findspot: North edge of settlement ** Preservation: Largely intact; partially buried; central post broken along top; probably in situ ** Counterweight Block (A125b) ** Material: Marble ** Findspot: North edge of settlement ** Preservation: Largely intact but weathered, causing block to taper; partially buried, obscuring one slot ** Found at Settlement A016 at the NE corner of the settlement; Basin level and apparently in situ. Basin has evidence of marble post inside (miliarium) broken in center. Grooved inner surface. Slightly broken around rim. Counterweight block well preserved. No signs of channel on top. Block seems to taper, perhaps due to weathering
Finds: Pottery