Bier The Bouleuterion at Ephesos

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-7001-7120-1
Verlag: Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 9/5, 210 Seiten

Reihe: Forschungen in Ephesos

This volume aims to present a comprehensive publication of the Roman Bouleuterion (town hall) at the Greco-Roman site of Ephesos (Turkey) including its decoration. It is based on a manuscript by the late L. Bier concerning the history of research and the architecture of the monument, with contributions by H. Thür (architecture), U. Quatember (architectural decoration), H. Taeuber (inscriptions), M. Aurenhammer and T. Opper (sculpture). Bouleuteria of the high Imperial period were multifunctional buildings, offering space for civic administration but also for cultural performances. The Bouleuterion at Ephesos comprised a semicircular auditorium oriented towards a two-storeyed scene. L. Bier discerned two main construction phasses and presented a reconstruction of the scene. The scene wall of about 100 A.D. was structured by a series of single columns. In the main phase of the 150s A.D., P. Vedius Antonius, the city´s eminent benefactor, dedicated the conversion into a modern aediculated facade and its sculptural decoration. The sculptural program (a portrait gallery of the Antonine dynasty) and the inscriptions attached to the scene wall ("Imperial Letters") illustrated the close relationship of sponsor and emperor. The portrait statues (only fragmentarily preserved) were set up in the reign of Antonius Pius but obviously not all of them at the same time. The portrait of a girl might represent one of Marcus Aurelius´s daughters. The architectural decoration of the main phase of the building was also part of the carefully designed program. The Bouleuterion was used as a building until Late Antiquity and beyond.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bier, Lionel

Weitere Mitwirkende

Thür, Hilke

Taeuber, Hans

Quatember, Ursula

Opper, Thorsten

Aurenhammer, Maria

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;TABLE OF CONTENTS;12
2;VORWORT DER GRABUNGSLEITUNG;16
3;Introduction;18
4;Abbreviations;20
5;Journals and Series;20
6;Monographs and Articles;20
7;Further Abbreviations;27
8;List of Illustrations;28
9;1. Excavation Histor y and State of Research;30
10;2. Building Description;36
10.1;2.1 Auditorium (Plan 1);36
10.2;2.2 Orchestra and Pulpitum;42
10.3;2.3 The Scene (Plan 4);43
10.4;2.4 The Tall Arched Doorways;49
11;3. Phasing and Reconstruction;52
11.1;3.1 W. Alzinger’s Theories concerning a Hellenistic Bouleuterion;52
11.2;3.2 The Earliest Identifiable Bouleuterion;53
11.3;3.3 The Conversion of the Scaenae Frons from Phase 1 to Phase 2;55
11.4;3.4 Renovations by Vedius in the Mid-Second Century;56
11.5;3.5 The Bouleuterion after Vedius;57
11.6;3.6 The Roofing Problem (pl. 30, 3);58
12;4. The Scaenae Frons of P. Vedius Antoninus;62
12.1;4.1 The Pedestals;63
12.2;4.2 General Remarks on the Elevation of the Scaenae Frons (plan 6);63
12.3;4.3 Column Bases;64
12.4;4.4 Column Shafts;64
12.5;4.5 Capitals of the Lower Order;65
12.6;4.6 The Architrave-Frieze Course of the Lower Story;65
12.7;4.7 The Cornice of the First Story and the Height of the Order;66
12.8;4.8 The Upper Order;66
12.9;4.9 The Fallen Arches and the Question of Windows;67
13;5. Architectural Decoration;70
13.1;5.1. Architectural Decoration of the Bouleuterion Scaenae Frons;70
13.2;5.2. The Bouleuterion Ornaments in Context: The Buildings of the Vedii;73
13.3;5.3 Similarities and Dissimilarities of the Vedii Structures;76
14;6. Materials and Techniques;80
14.1;6.1 Materials;80
14.2;6.2 Stone Working;80
14.3;6.3 Clamps and Dowels;81
14.4;6.4 Lifting;82
14.5;6.5 Revetment;83
14.6;6.6 Petit appareil;83
14.7;6.7 Brickwork;83
14.8;6.8 Paving;84
15;7. Building Typology and Date;86
15.1;7.1 Architectural Context and Date;86
15.2;7.2 Semicircular Odeia and Bouleuteria;86
15.3;7.3 The Smaller Non-Inscribed Roofed Theaters;87
15.4;7.4 The Bouleuterion in its First Phase (pl. 45);88
15.5;7.5 The Vedius Phase (plan 6–7);90
16;8. The Inscriptions;92
16.1;8.1 Architectural Inscriptions;92
16.2;8.2 Imperial Letters and Honors;95
16.3;8.3 Inscriptions on Statue Bases;101
16.4;8.4 The Epigraphical Evidence for Dating the Building;102
16.5;8.5 Antoninus Pius, the Vedii and Ephesos;103
16.6;8.6 The Role of the Bouleuterion in Public Life;103
17;9. The Sculptures found in the Bouleuterion and the Sculptural Program of the Vedius Scaenae Frons;104
17.1;Sculp.1.1 Lower half of a male portrait statue, Lucius Verus as Mars, Early Antonine (pl. 66);116
17.2;Sculp. 1.2 Statue Base of Marcus Aurelius, Early Antonine (pl. 67, 1);117
17.3;Sculp. 1.3 Fragment of a statue base of Faustina, Early Antonine (pl. 68);117
17.4;Sculp. 1.4 Portrait of a girl, Annia Aurelia Galeria Faustina?, Early Antonine (pl. 69; 70, 1);11717.5;Sculp. 1.5 Male Portrait statue117
17.6;Sculp. 1.6 Fragment of a statue base of Demos, 2nd century A.D. (pl. 67, 2);117
17.7;Sculp. 2.1 Statue of a Muse, Terpsichore or Erato?, Antonine/Severan (pl. 70, 4; 71);11717.8;Sculp. 2.2 Base of a statue of Melpomene118
17.9;Sculp. 2.3 Torso of a Silenus, “Kista- or Liknophoros”, Hadrianic/Antonine (pl. 70, 3);118
17.10;Sculp. 2.4 Fragment of a male head, Antonine (pl. 70, 2);118
17.11;Sculp. 3.1 Female seated statue;118
17.12;Sculp. 3.2 Torso of a female statue;119
17.13;9.1 Portrait Statuary and Statues of Personifications;104
17.14;9.2 Mythological Sculpture;112
17.15;9.3 Other Locations for the Setting of Sculptures in the Bouleuterion;115
17.16;9.4 Summary;115
17.17;9.5 The Sculptures found in the Bouleuterion: Catalog499;116
18;10. Sumary Introduction;120
18.1;History of Excavations and Research;120
18.2;Building Description;120
18.3;Phasing and Reconstruction;121
18.4;The Vedius scaenae frons and the Architectural Decoration;122
18.5;The Inscriptions;123
18.6;The Sculptures found in the Bouleuterion and the Sculptural Program of the Vedius scaenae frons;124
18.7;Özet Giris;126
18.8;Kazi ve Arastirmalarin Tarihçesi;126
18.9;Yapinin Tanimi;126
18.10;Yapi Evreleri ve Rekonstrüksüyon;127
18.11;Vedius Scaenae Frons’u ve Mimari Bezeme;128
18.12;Yazitlar;129
18.13;Bouleuterionda Bulunmus Heykeller ve Vedius Scaenae Frons’u Heykel Programi;130
19;Appendix 1: Catalog of Architectural Elements from the Scaenae Frons and their Position First Story;132
19.1;1-1 Column Base (pl. 72);132
19.2;2 Column Shafts (pl. 73, 1–2);132
19.3;3-1 Column Capital (pl. 74);132
19.4;4-9 is almost entirely preserved, but broken into ten pieces.50 It not only displays a large part of the inscrip-tion;133
19.5;4-1 Architrave-Frieze, corner fragment (pl. 75, 1);134
19.6;4-2 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 75, 2);134
19.7;4-3 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 75, 3);134
19.8;4-4 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 76, 1);134
19.9;4-5 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 76, 2);134
19.10;4-6 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 77, 1);134
19.11;4-7 Architrave-Frieze, corner fragment (pl. 77, 2);134
19.12;4-8 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 76, 3);134
19.13;4-9 Architrave-Frieze, wall block (pls. 76, 2; 78, 1–2);13419.14;4-10 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 76, 2)134
19.15;4-11 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 79, 1);134
19.16;4-12 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 79, 2);134
19.17;4-13 Architrave-Frieze, corner fragment (pl. 80, 1);135
19.18;4-14 Architrave-Frieze (pls. 79, 1; 80, 2);13519.19;4-15 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 81, 1)135
19.20;4-16 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 79, 1);135
19.21;4-17 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 81, 2);135
19.22;4-18 Architrave-Frieze, wall fragment (pl. 81, 3);135
19.23;4-19 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 81, 4);135
19.24;4-20 Architrave-Frieze, wall fragment (pls. 79, 1; 82, 1);13519.25;4-21 Architrave-Frieze, wall fragment ? (pl. 82, 2)135
19.26;4-22 Architrave-Frieze (pl. 82, 3);135
19.27;4-23 Architrave-Frieze, wall block (pls. 79, 1; 83, 1);13519.28;4-24 Architrave-Frieze, wall fragment ? (pl. 83, 2)135
19.29;Second Story;136
19.30;8 Column Shafts (pls. 73, 1–2);136
19.31;9-1 Column Capital (pls. 83, 3; 84, 1);13619.32;9-2 Column Capital (pl. 84, 2)136
19.33;10-4 is more instructive: it clearly is the outer right (i. e. west) corner of a freestanding aedicula with the letters;136
19.34;10-1 Architrave (pl. 85, 1);137
19.35;10-2 Architrave (pl. 85, 2);137
19.36;10-3 Architrave (pl. 85, 1);137
19.37;10-4 Architrave (pl. 86, 1);137
19.38;10-5 Architrave (pl. 86, 2);137
19.39;10-6 Architrave (pl. 87, 1);137
19.40;10-7 Architrave, fragment from detached block (pls. 87, 2; 88, 1–2);13719.41;10-8 Architrave (pl. 89, 1)138
19.42;10-9 Architrave, fragment from detached block (pl. 89, 2);138
19.43;10-10 Architrave, fragment from detached block (pl. 88, 2);138
19.44;10-11 Architrave (pl. 85, 1);138
19.45;10-12 Architrave (pls. 85, 1; 90, 1);13819.46;10-13 Architrave (pl. 90, 2)138
19.47;10-14 Architrave (pl. 85, 1);138
20;Appendix II: Comparative measurements for the scaenae frons;140
21;INDEX;142
21.1;Places and Museums;142
21.2;Persons, Personifications and Gods: Greek and Roman;143
21.3;Persons: Modern;144
21.4;General Index;144