Archaic

Limestone Column Capital

Limestone capital from a column, perhaps part of a funeral or votive stele; narrow circular base decorated with mouldings (a flat fillet separating two rounded mouldings above and below, separated by a carinated band: the upper fillet has an incised zig-zag); the stele splays outwards as it rises: two rows of superimposed acanthus leaves, the outer row has rounded tips, the inner row with angular tips; the stele is topped with another set of mouldings, repeating the round and flat patter as on the base; socket in the lower end presumably for attachment to a pillar; traces of red and black paint revealed during cleaning. Dimensions: Diameter: 29 centimetres abacus ; Height: 54 centimetres Object Type: capital; stela Techniques: incised