Citation
Page reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 341. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92764>
Description
Local Name: Aphrodisias, West Necropolis
Local Information: Field 46/ Field 61 ** Low grass and olive trees
Latitude: 37.42.36.7
Longitude: 28.42.57.1
Elevation: 510m
Dimensions: Fragment 1: H: 0.40 m; W: 0.62 m; D: 0.43 m ** Fragment 2: H: 0.43 m; W: 1.29 m; D: 0.45 m; wall Th: about 0.20 m ** Fragment 3: H: 0.40 m; W: 0.60 m; D: 0.33 m
Description: Five fragments of two columnar sarcophagi found together. ** Sarcophagus B. Larger, more roughly finished columnar sarcophagus with plain columns, unfinished column capitals, figures in the intercolumniations, and roughly worked socle moldings. ** (1.) Bottom corner fragment, probably the front right. ** Front preserves one corner of a column plinth and a vertical curved ridge to the left, possibly from a figure's drapery. Socle molding consists of bevel, fascia, and roughly worked torus. ** (2.) Large piece of bottom preserving more than half its width and half its depth. ** The short side preserves two roughly worked torus moldings and a small piece of the background surface above, worked with a point chisel. ** (3.) Front right upper corner, preserving approximately one-quarter its width. ** The corner column preserves a large unfinished capital and a small part of the plain shaft. The front preserves the head and shoulder of a veiled figure with facial features broken away, below four bands of architectural molding in shallow relief. The short side is more roughly worked with point chisel.
Finds: Found with a counterweight block (D026) and other architectural blocks.