In 1990, two columnar statue bases were found at the Promontory Palace (identified as the Palace of Herod the Great, later Praetorium of the Roman governors) at Caesarea in Israel. The inscriptions on the pedestals range from the mid-second century to the Tetrarchic period. The grey marble with stepped dark bands of which both were made has been visually identified as coming from the quarry of Euromos in Caria. Each base was used at least four times after its initial import and use in Caesarea, having been turned or even flipped over to provide a new surface for inscription and an emplacement for the statue(s). There are other examples of this phenomenon at Caesarea, which like the rest of Israel had no native marble, and this study will sh...
This paper presents first results of ongoing investigations on the origin of marbles used in differ...
The marble provenance of 163 Roman Imperial portraits, stretching approximately over 500 years, has ...
This paper presents first results of ongoing investigations on the origin of marbles used in differ...
In 1990, two columnar statue bases were found at the Promontory Palace (identified as the Palace of ...
In 1992, a deposit of broken marble statues was discovered during the excavations of the Sanctuary o...
In 1992, a deposit of broken marble statues was discovered during the excavations of the Sanctuary o...
The focus of this paper is the latest reuse of marble items (spolia) at the site of Apollonia/Sozous...
The focus of this paper is the latest reuse of marble items (spolia) at the site of Apollonia/Sozous...
Multi-method provenance studies, including petrographic, isotopic, electron paramagnetic resonance a...
Multi-method provenance studies, including petrographic, isotopic, electron paramagnetic resonance a...
During a site survey in 2012 an unknown marble quarry was discovered near the ancient city of Euromo...
During a site survey in 2012 an unknown marble quarry was discovered near the ancient city of Euromo...
This paper reports the results of a quantitative and qualitative study of the imported architectural...
This paper reports the results of a quantitative and qualitative study of the imported architectural...
Fragments of three marble sculptures were discovered in the 1970s in the Roman baths of Shahba, the ...
This paper presents first results of ongoing investigations on the origin of marbles used in differ...
The marble provenance of 163 Roman Imperial portraits, stretching approximately over 500 years, has ...
This paper presents first results of ongoing investigations on the origin of marbles used in differ...
In 1990, two columnar statue bases were found at the Promontory Palace (identified as the Palace of ...
In 1992, a deposit of broken marble statues was discovered during the excavations of the Sanctuary o...
In 1992, a deposit of broken marble statues was discovered during the excavations of the Sanctuary o...
The focus of this paper is the latest reuse of marble items (spolia) at the site of Apollonia/Sozous...
The focus of this paper is the latest reuse of marble items (spolia) at the site of Apollonia/Sozous...
Multi-method provenance studies, including petrographic, isotopic, electron paramagnetic resonance a...
Multi-method provenance studies, including petrographic, isotopic, electron paramagnetic resonance a...
During a site survey in 2012 an unknown marble quarry was discovered near the ancient city of Euromo...
During a site survey in 2012 an unknown marble quarry was discovered near the ancient city of Euromo...
This paper reports the results of a quantitative and qualitative study of the imported architectural...
This paper reports the results of a quantitative and qualitative study of the imported architectural...
Fragments of three marble sculptures were discovered in the 1970s in the Roman baths of Shahba, the ...
This paper presents first results of ongoing investigations on the origin of marbles used in differ...
The marble provenance of 163 Roman Imperial portraits, stretching approximately over 500 years, has ...
This paper presents first results of ongoing investigations on the origin of marbles used in differ...