Architectural ElementsSyrian5th century
Capital
5th century
Dimensions
42.8 x 47 x 47 cm (16 7/8 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.) 216 lbs.
Provenance
Excavated from Seleucia Pieria, Martyrion, sector 1S-20/21-J (no. C713-A377) (Turkey, Hatay) by the Syrian Department of Antiquities (later the Hatay government) and the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and Its Vicinity, (1935-1939), dispersed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.
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