capital

Object Number

SMS7933

Name

capital

Description

One complete Doric capital with part of the shaft preserved. The shaft is tapered/has entasis. The capital: there are two protruding edges at the top of the shaft

before the capital begins to slope outwards in a spherical fashion. There is an incised line going around this sloping surface

halfway before it reaches another protruding edge

from which point the capital slopes vertically upwards. From there

it meets another edge

before sloping outwards at a steeper angle than before. Then

it slopes back in and slightly downwards

before creating a convex slope and protruding outwards again

this time at a less steep angle. Finally

the slope moves downwards again

before forming a circle in whose middle is a large central hole that runs down the entirety of the middle of the shaft. The protruding edges are preserved to different degrees on the capital. Colour is white/grey; likely belongs to a minature version (dimensions are not large).

Specimen Count

1

Preservation State

Complete

Collection Date From

1958

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

RR/58/405

EMu IRN

161430