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The Bouleuterion at Ephesos Bearbeitet von Maria AURENHAMMER

:	Lionel Bier
:	The Bouleuterion at Ephesos Bearbeitet von Maria AURENHAMMER
:	Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Verlag
:	9783700171201
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:	Altertum
:	English

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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.

	TABLE OF CONTENTS	12
	VORWORT DER GRABUNGSLEITUNG	16
	Introduction	18
	Abbreviations	20
	Journals and Series	20
	Monographs and Articles	20
	Further Abbreviations	27
	List of Illustrations	28
	1. Excavation Histor y and State of Research	30
	2. Building Description	36
	2.1 Auditorium (Plan 1)	36
	2.2 Orchestra and Pulpitum	42
	2.3 The Scene (Plan 4)	43
	2.4 The Tall Arched Doorways	49
	3. Phasing and Reconstruction	52
	3.1 W. Alzinger’s Theories concerning a Hellenistic Bouleuterion	52
	3.2 The Earliest Identifiable Bouleuterion	53
	3.3 The Conversion of the Scaenae Frons from Phase 1 to Phase 2	55
	3.4 Renovations by Vedius in the Mid-Second Century	56
	3.5 The Bouleuterion after Vedius	57
	3.6 The Roofing Problem (pl. 30, 3)	58
	4. The Scaenae Frons of P. Vedius Antoninus	62
	4.1 The Pedestals	63
	4.2 General Remarks on the Elevation of the Scaenae Frons (plan 6)	63
	4.3 Column Bases	64
	4.4 Column Shafts	64
	4.5 Capitals of the Lower Order	65
	4.6 The Architrave-Frieze Course of the Lower Story	65
	4.7 The Cornice of the First Story and the Height of the Order	66
	4.8 The Upper Order	66
	4.9 The Fallen Arches and the Question of Windows	67
	5. Architectural Decoration	70
	5.1. Architectural Decoration of the Bouleuterion Scaenae Frons	70
	5.2. The Bouleuterion Ornaments in Context: The Buildings of the Vedii	73
	5.3 Similarities and Dissimilarities of the Vedii Structures	76
	6. Materials and Techniques	80
	6.1 Materials	80
	6.2 Stone Working	80
	6.3 Clamps and Dowels	81
	6.4 Lifting	82
	6.5 Revetment	83
	6.6 Petit appareil	83
	6.7 Brickwork	83
	6.8 Paving	84
	7. Building Typology and Date	86
	7.1 Architectural Context and Date	86
	7.2 Semicircular Odeia and Bouleuteria	86
	7.3 The Smaller Non-Inscribed Roofed Theaters	87
	7.4 The Bouleuterion in its First Phase (pl. 45)	88
	7.5 The Vedius Phase (plan 6–7)	90
	8. The Inscriptions	92
	8.1 Architectural Inscriptions	92
	8.2 Imperial Letters and Honors	95
	8.3 Inscriptions on Statue Bases	101
	8.4 The Epigraphical Evidence for Dating the Building	102
	8.5 Antoninus Pius, the Vedii and Ephesos	103
	8.6 The Role of the Bouleuterion in Public Life	103
	9. The Sculptures found in the Bouleuterion and the Sculptural Program of the Vedius Scaenae Frons	104
	Sculp.1.1 Lower half of a male portrait statue, Lucius Verus as Mars, Early Antonine (pl. 66)	116
	Sculp. 1.2 Statue Base of Marcus Aurelius, Early Antonine (pl. 67, 1)	117
	Sculp. 1.3 Fragment of a statue base of Faustina, Early Antonine (pl. 68)	117
	Sculp. 1.4 Portrait of a girl, Annia Aurelia Galeria Faustina?, Early Antonine (pl. 69	70, 1)
	Sculp. 1.6 Fragment of a statue base of Demos, 2nd century A.D. (pl. 67, 2)	117
	Sculp. 2.1 Statue of a Muse, Terpsichore or Erato?, Antonine/Severan (pl. 70, 4	71)
	Sculp. 2.3 Torso of a Silenus, “Kista- or Liknophoros”, Hadrianic/Antonine (pl. 70, 3)	118
	Sculp. 2.4 Fragment of a male head, Antonine (pl. 70, 2)	118
	Sculp. 3.1 Female seated statue	118
	Sculp. 3.2 Torso of a female statue	119
	9.1 Portrait Statuary and Statues of Personifications	104
	9.2 Mythological Sculpture	112
	9.3 Other Locations for the Setting of Sculptures in the Bouleuterion	115
	9.4 Summary	115
	9.5 The Sculptures found in the Bouleuterion: Catalog499	116
	10. Sumary Introduction	120
	History of Excavations and Research	120
	Building Description	120
	Phasing and Reconstruction	121
	The Vedius scaenae frons and the Architectural Decoration	122
	The Inscriptions	123
	The Sculptures found in the Bouleuterion and the Sculptural Program of the Vedius scaenae frons	124
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