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ICA 1. Ionic Capital.
Present location: Naval Museum, Capo Colonna.
Description: This Ionic capital is without a doubt of marine provenience, since it is
heavily eroded on one side and shows clear signs of sea encrustations. However, it is never
mentioned in P. Orsi’s reports, nor in the reports available in the archives of the
archaeological museum in Reggio Calabria.
The capital is almost completely finished, even though the decorative elements
(palmettes and ovuli) are only superficially carved. Once in place, the capital would have
been completed. One pulvinus is missing, the surface of the left volute deeply abraded.
Marble type: White Synnadic. 357
Length (from volute to volute): 0.71 m
Width (from volute to volute): 0.48 m
Height: 0.27 m
Notes: Not mentioned in P. Orsi’s reports.
Bibliography: Pensabene 1978, 116-7, fig. 15; Pensabene 2002a, 37.
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