The Architectural Fragments

Several pieces of architectural decoration made of hard limestone (Arabic,mizzi hiluandmeleke) include three column drums, an Attic base of a heart-shaped column, two pseudo-Doric capitals, an architrave fragment, a decorated niche or door frame and two fragments of what appears to be a large banist...

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Published inJerusalem p. 205
Main Author Orit Peleg-Barkat
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Israel Israel Antiquities Authority 01.01.2013
Subjects
Applied arts
Applied sciences
Archaeological excavation
Archaeological methods
Archaeology
Architectural elements
Architecture
Arts
Buildings
Carving
Civil engineering
Construction engineering
Decorative architecture
Doors
Dwellings
Engineering
Excavations
Facades
Field archaeology
Forming techniques
Industrial engineering
Institutional buildings
Manual arts
Manufacturing
Manufacturing engineering
Manufacturing processes
Molding
Palaces
Public buildings
Religious buildings
Residential buildings
Social sciences
Temples
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Summary:Several pieces of architectural decoration made of hard limestone (Arabic,mizzi hiluandmeleke) include three column drums, an Attic base of a heart-shaped column, two pseudo-Doric capitals, an architrave fragment, a decorated niche or door frame and two fragments of what appears to be a large banister (Figs. 8.1, 8.2). The architectural fragments vary in scale and quality of execution and seem to derive from more than one architectural unit. None of the elements were foundin situ; most had been incorporated in secondary use into walls of Late Roman–early Byzantine structures in Stratum (VI), and probably originated
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