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C028: Counterweight Block
Aphrodisias Regional Survey
2006-06-03
Citation:Page reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 211, 228 - Book catalogue no.: Olive Oil cat. 5.
Description: Local Name: Geyre Latitude: 37.41.56.097 Longitude: 28.43.26.085 Elevation: 519m Dimensions: L: 1.31 m; W: 0.73 m; H: 0.15 m ** Slot 1: W: 0.18 m; D: 0.14 m ** Slot 2: W: 0.18 m; D: 0.18 m Description: Material: White marble ** Findspot: On edge of field to southwest of Aphrodisias ** Preservation: Intact; one of the arms has a notch cut into it; shorter than normal for counterweight blocks, slots preserved on both sides ** Near this counterweight block some sort of spout [Width: 0.31m; Depth: 0.35m; Height: 0.30m; Channel Width: 0.11m; Channel Depth: 0.08m; Projection from Front: 0.14m] ** Also nearby in same field wall is hollowed out marble block, basin, irregularly worked and shaped, small spout on shorter side [Length: 0.80m; Depth: 0.64m; Height: 0.31m; Thickness of Wall: 0.09m- 0.12m; Depth of Basin: 0.20m]
