Citation
Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92813>
Description
Local Name: Aphrodisias, Northeast Necropolis
Local Information: Field 2450 ** Olives and high grass
Latitude: 37.42.40.7
Longitude: 28.43.44.6
Elevation: 529m
Dimensions: Visible W: 3.6m; restored W: 4.25; pres. D: 3.75m; pres. H: 0.99 ** Height of voussoir: 0.65m
Description: Relatively well-preserved, only partially cleared, and collapsed to the south; located in a gently sloping olive grove. The broken southern end of a barrel vaulted hypogeum is seen in a gentle slope, and a short stretch of the end wall is preserved in the NW corner. The rear of the chamber is cleared to 0.99 m below the vault for 3.60 m of the width. The chamber was at least 3.75 m deep, and its restored width is approximately 4.25 m. The construction of the vault and back wall is homogeneous and built of split marble blocks; the voussoirs in the vault average 0.65 m high. A large marble slab on the surface above the vault could pertain to the superstructure (L: 1.70, visible H: 0.31 m, W: 0.94 m).