Marble fragment of an Ionic column capital from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis

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3rd century BCE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

This fragment of floral scroll ornament is from the underside of a bolster (long narrow cushion) of an Ionic column capital. While parallel decoration of the same scale does appear on the capital (26.59.1) displayed nearby, this fragment is not from that column.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd century BCE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926