Marmi d'importazione, pietre locali e committenza nella decorazione architettonica di età severiana in alcuni centri delle province Syria et Palestina e Arabia
In: Archeologia Classica: 49, 1998
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In
Syria,
Tripolitania,
Pamphilia,
Cilicia,
and
other
regions,
the
Severian
age
was
characterized
by
extraordinary
building
activity.
Our
research
focuses
on
the
diffusion
of
marbles
imported
for
architectural
purposes.
During
a
rapid
survey
in
Syria,
Palaestina
and
Arabia
we
found,
mainly
in
cities
along
the
coast
but
also
on
the
mainland,
evidence
of
the
import
of
Attic
and
Asian
sarcophagi,
as
well
as
of
a
large
quantity
of
Corinthian
capitals,
bases,
and
columns
shafts
from
imperial
quarries
in
Asia
Minor,
Greece
and
Egypt.
We
also
found
rough
quarry
blocks,
crafted
by
local
or
foreign
workers
for
cornices,
friezes,
and
architraves.
As
the
imperial
or
local
government
only
partially
financed
the
building
activity,
its
costs
were
borne
mostly
by
the
local
evergetes.
These
costly
marbles,
therefore,
attest
the
richness
and
the
high
social
position
of
those
who
ordered
the
buildings.