Aphrodisias XIV : The Place of Palms : An Urban Park at Aphrodisias : Results of The Mica and Ahmet Ertegun South Agora Pool Project

by: Wilson, A. Russell, B.

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 Wilson, Andrew; Russell, Ben

The ?Place of Palms?: An Urban Park at Aphrodisias
Results of The Mica and Ahmet Ertegün South Agora Pool Project

Excavations at Aphrodisias in the 1980s revealed an extraordinary monumental water-basin (170 x 30m) in the centre of a colonnaded square, formerly called the ?South Agora?. A hypothesis that the complex was not an agora at all but ?the place of palms? mentioned by a sixth-century benefactor in an inscription on its Propylon was demonstrated during a five-year excavation project — The Mica and Ahmet Ertegün South Agora Pool Project. This volume publishes the rich results of this excavation and the long life of the complex from the first to the sixth century and beyond. The pool was surrounded by palm trees and Ionic stoas, in the manner of the urban parks or porticus familiar in early imperial Rome. The Aphrodisian example gives us an entirely new sense of what these porticus complexes were like.

PREFACE .............................................................................. XI R. R. R. Smith ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................... XV NOTES TO THE READER ................................................................ XVII 1. INTRODUCTION: FROM ?SOUTH AGORA? TO ?PLACE OF PALMS? ....................... 1 Andrew Wilson and Ben Russell A. EARLY INVESTIGATIONS, 18TH–20TH CENTURIES ......................... . .............. 1 B. THE FIRST EXCAVATIONS, 1904–1905 AND 1937 ........................................ 4 C. EXCAVATIONS BETWEEN 1969 AND 1991 .............................................. 5 D. THE FUNCTION OF THE ?SOUTH AGORA? .............................. . .............. 8 E. THE MICA AND AHMET ERTEGÜN SOUTH AGORA POOL PROJECT, 2012–2018 ........... 9 F. FROM ?SOUTH AGORA? TO ?PLACE OF PALMS? ........................... . .............. 11 2. POOL, STOA, PALM GROVE: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, FIRST CENTURY AD ........ 15 Andrew Wilson, Ben Russell, and Angelos Chaniotis A. ARCHITECTURE OF THE STOAS (BR, AW, & AC) ........................................ 16 B. THE POOL AND WATER SUPPLY (AW & BR) ............................................ 23 C. STRATIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: GARDENS, POOL, AND NORTH STOA (AW & BR) ........... 30 D. HELLENISTIC AND METROPOLITAN MODELS: THE PLACE OF PALMS IN CONTEXT (AW & BR) ........................................................................... 34 3. USE, MAINTENANCE, AND MODIFICATION: FIRST TO FOURTH CENTURIES AD ........ 39 Andrew Wilson, Ben Russell, Allison Kidd, Angelos Chaniotis, Ahmet Tolga Tek, and Hüseyin Köker A. THE PROPYLON (AW, BR, & AC) ....................................................... 39 B. THE SOUTH SIDE: A SECOND STOA AND THE NEW BASILICA (AW, BR, & AK) ............. 41 C. THE WEST STOA (AW & BR) .......................................................... 43 D. THE NORTH STOA (BR, AW, AK, & AC) ................................................. 48 E. IMPERIAL-ERA COINS AND THE USE OF THE PLACE OF PALMS (ATT & HK) .............. 55 F. DISCUSSION: THE EVOLUTION OF A PUBLIC SPACE (BR & AW) ......................... 63
4. DESTRUCTION AND RENEWAL: THE PLACE OF PALMS REBORN, FIFTH TO SEVENTH CENTURIES AD ....................................................... 65 Andrew Wilson, Ben Russell, Allison Kidd, Angelos Chaniotis, Hugh Jeffery, Tim Penn, Hüseyin Köker, Ahmet Tolga Tek, Ulrike Outschar, Erica Rowan, and Mark Robinson A. THE EPIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: DOULKITIOS AND AMPELIOS (AC, AW, & BR) .............. 65 B. REPAIRS TO THE POOL (AW, BR, AK, & ER) .............................. . .............. 67 C. ALTERATIONS TO THE PALM GROVE (AW & BR) ........................ . .............. 73 D. REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE WEST STOA (AW, BR, & AC) ......... . .............. 77 E. REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE NORTH STOA (BR & AW) .......................... 77 F. THE NEW SOUTH STOAS (AK) ......................................... . .............. 79 G. LATE ROMAN COINS FROM THE PLACE OF PALMS (ATT & HK) ......................... 91 H. LATE ROMAN CERAMICS (UO) ......................................... . .............. 94 I. LATE ROMAN SMALL FINDS (TP & HJ) .................................. . .............. 104 J. ARCHAEOBOTANICAL EVIDENCE (ER) ................................. . .............. 105 K. A SHELL FRAGMENT OF CHARONIA SP. (TRITON?S TRUMPET) FROM A LATE ANTIQUE CONTEXT (MR) .............................................. 113 L. A LATE FIFTH-CENTURY EARTHQUAKE (AW) .......................................... 114 M. THE MAIOUMA FESTIVAL IN THE PLACE OF PALMS (BR & AW) .......................... 119 N. FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH CENTURY (AW) .................. 121 O. SEVENTH-CENTURY REPAIRS TO THE POOL AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE (AW) ..................................................... 124 P. CONCLUSIONS (AW & BR) ............................................. . .............. 125 5. INFORMAL WRITING, DRAWING, AND CARVING IN THE PLACE OF PALMS ............. 127 Angelos Chaniotis, Andrew Wilson, and Ben Russell A. INTRODUCTION (AC) .. . ............................................................ 127 B. TEXTUAL GRAFFITI (AC) .............................................. . .............. 128 C. PICTORIAL GRAFFITI (AC) ........................................................... 132 D. TOPOS INSCRIPTIONS (AC) ............................................ . .............. 136 E. MASONS? MARKS (AC) ................................................ . .............. 136 F. GAMEBOARDS (AW, BR, & AC) ......................................... . .............. 140 G. INFORMAL WRITING AND THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE PLACE OF PALMS (AC) ............. 148
6. THE BASIN AT THE PROPYLON: STATUARY AND MYTHOLOGICAL RELIEFS, c. AD 500–550 ....................................................................... 151 R. R. R. Smith and Joshua J. Thomas A. THE PROPYLON BASIN ............................................................... 151 B. LOWER BASIN WALL: RELIEFS AND STATUE BASES ..................................... 153 C. UPPER BASIN WALL: MYTHOLOGICAL RELIEFS ......................... . .............. 154 D. SEQUENCE OF THE RELIEFS .......................................... . .............. 159 E. THE STATUE ......................................................... . .............. 160 F. CONCLUSION ........................................................ . .............. 162 7. THE SCULPTURAL LIFE OF THE PLACE OF PALMS, FIRST TO SEVENTH CENTURIES ..... 163 Joshua J. Thomas A. MYTHOLOGICAL STATUARY ......................................................... 163 B. STATUES AND FOUNTAIN SCULPTURES ON THE POOL EDGE .......................... 166 C. SCULPTURE FROM THE PROPYLON ................................................... 167 D. SCULPTURE FROM THE WEST STOA .................................................. 172 E. SCULPTURAL FINDS FROM THE POOL AND ITS SURROUNDINGS ....................... 175 F. CONCLUSION ....................................................................... 181 8. THE END OF THE PLACE OF PALMS, SEVENTH CENTURY AD .......................... 183 Andrew Wilson, Ben Russell, Allison Kidd, Ahmet Tolga Tek, Hüseyin Köker, Tim Penn, Hugh Jeffery, Erica Rowan, and Ulrike Outschar A. STRATIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE (AK, BR, & AW) ........................................... 183 B. SEVENTH-CENTURY COINS (ATT & HK) .............................................. 189 C. CERAMICS FROM THE CLEARANCE DEPOSITS (UO, HJ, & TP) ........................... 192 D. LATE ANTIQUE SMALL FINDS AND GLASS (TP & HJ) ................................... 195 E. ARCHAEOBOTANICAL EVIDENCE (ER) ................................................ 208 F. A VIOLENT END: EARTHQUAKE, FIRE, AND THE SWORD (AW, AK, BR, ATT, & HK) ........ 219 G. CONCLUSIONS: THE END OF CLASSICAL APHRODISIAS (AW & BR) ...................... 228 9. AFTER ANTIQUITY: THE BYZANTINE TO OTTOMAN PERIODS ......................... 229 Allison Kidd, Ben Russell, Andrew Wilson, Tim Penn, Hugh Jeffery, Muradiye Bursalı, and Ulrike Outschar A. HISTORICAL CONTEXT (AK, BR, & AW) ................................................ 229 B. STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SETTLEMENT (AK, BR, & AW) .. 230 C. EARLY BYZANTINE CERAMICS (UO) .................................... . .............. 254 D. MIDDLE BYZANTINE, SELJUK, BEYLIK, AND OTTOMAN CERAMICS (MB) . . .............. 256
E. POST-ANTIQUE SMALL FINDS AND GLASS (TP & HJ) ................................... 258 F. CONCLUSIONS (AK & BR) ............................................................ 266 10. FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE LATE ANTIQUE TO OTTOMAN PERIODS ................. 269 Angela Trentacoste A. MATERIALS AND METHODS.......................................................... 269 B. RESULTS ............................................................................ 270 C. DISCUSSION ........... . ............................................................ 287 D. CONCLUSION ....................................................................... 292 CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................ 295 Ben Russell and Andrew Wilson ÖZET ................................................................................. 301 APPENDIX 1: INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE PLACE OF PALMS ................................ 307 Angelos Chaniotis A. INSCRIPTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS AND THEIR DECORATION ............................. . .............. 307 B. HONORIFIC INSCRIPTIONS FOR EMPERORS AND IMPERIAL OFFICERS ................. 315 C. HONORIFIC DECREES AND HONORIFIC INSCRIPTIONS FOR CITIZENS ................. 319 D. SCULPTORS? SIGNATURES ON HONORIFIC STATUES ................................... 324 E. DEDICATORY INSCRIPTIONS ......................................................... 325 F. EPITAPHS ........................................................................... 327 G. FRAGMENTS ........... . ............................................................ 331 APPENDIX 2: CATALOGUE OF INFORMAL WRITING, GRAFFITI, MASONS? MARKS, AND GAMEBOARDS FROM THE PLACE OF PALMS ........................................ 333 Angelos Chaniotis A. POOL ............................................................................... 333 B. NORTH STOA .......... . ............................................................ 341 C. WEST STOA ......................................................................... 350 D. SOUTH STOA ....................................................................... 352 E. THEATRE WALL ..................................................................... 354 F. PROPYLON .......................................................................... 354 G. LOOSE FRAGMENTS ................................................................. 355
APPENDIX 3: CATALOGUE OF GREEK, ROMAN, AND BYZANTINE COIN FINDS FROM THE PLACE OF PALMS ........................................................... 357 Ahmet Tolga Tek and Hüseyin Köker A. A GENERAL CONSPECTUS OF COIN FINDS FROM THE PLACE OF PALMS ................ 357 B. GREEK COINS .......... . ............................................................ 358 C. ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINS ......................................................... 359 D. UNIDENTIFIED ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINS .......................................... 360 E. ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS ............................................................ 360 F. UNIDENTIFIED LATE ROMAN COINS ................................................. 366 G. BYZANTINE COINS ..... . ............................................................ 367 H. MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN COINS ........................................................ 372 APPENDIX 4: CATALOGUE OF ISLAMIC COIN FINDS ...................................... 373 Betül Teoman and Gültekin Teoman A. SULTANATE OF RÛM .... . ............................................................ 373 B. AYDINIDS ........................................................................... 373 C. GERMIYANIDS ...................................................................... 374 D. KARAMANIDS ....................................................................... 374 E. MENTESHE ......................................................................... 374 F. SARUHANIDS ....................................................................... 374 G. OTTOMAN EMPIRE ..... . ............................................................ 375 H. ORNAMENTAL MANGIRS ............................................................ 376 I. UNIDENTIFIED ISLAMIC COINS ...................................................... 378 J. MODERN COINS .................................................................... 379 APPENDIX 5: LATE ROMAN AND EARLY BYZANTINE CERAMICS – TABLES .................. 381 Ulrike Outschar APPENDIX 6: CONTEXT DESCRIPTIONS ................................................. 389 Allison Kidd and Ben Russell BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................ 397 IMAGE CREDITS ....................................................................... 427 INDEX ................................................................................. 429 FOLDOUT: STATE PLAN OF THE PLACE OF PALMS SHOWING LOCATIONS OF INSCRIPTIONS PLATES

Aphrodisias XIV : The Place of Palms : An Urban Park at Aphrodisias : Results of The Mica and Ahmet Ertegun South Agora Pool Project

by: Wilson, A. Russell, B.

• ISBN-13: 9783752006926 / 978-3-7520-0692-6
• ISBN-03: 3752006927 / 3-7520-0692-7
• Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2024

Price: 125,00 EURO

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