An Early Imperial Pseudodipteral Temple at Sardis
1986; Archaeological Institute of America; Volume: 90; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/505985
ISSN1939-828X
AutoresChristopher Ratté, Thomas Noble Howe, Clive Foss,
Tópico(s)Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
ResumoThe building conventionally referred to as the Early Imperial Temple was discovered and excavated during the 1981 and 1982 seasons at Sardis. Only one corner of the external colonnade has been uncovered; it is preserved to stylobate level with parts of two bases and one column in situ; no other upper parts are preserved. On the basis of architectural form it is tentatively restored as a pseudodipteral temple of the early- or mid-first century A. C. with Vitruvian "systyle" proportions. Coins give a date of destruction in the reign of Antoninus Pius. Other finds include fragments of monumental sculpture in marble and bronze. The building is tentatively identified as an official temple of the imperial cult. It is only the second temple physically attested in situ at Sardis and the eleventh pseudodipteros known to have been built in Greek Asia Minor in later Hellenistic or early imperial times; in Roman times these temples represented a conservative tradition of design and most of them were dedicated or rededicated to the imperial cult.
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