Demolished spiral column once crowned by colossal statue of Arcadius, emperor. Constantinople, Forum of Arcadius. 401-21
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Constantinople
Province:
Constantinople
Region:
Constantinople
Details:
Constantinople, Forum of Arcadius
Current Location:
Pediment and base, with very bottom of shaft, are in situ in the Haseki Kadin Sokagi in Istanbul; shaft, capital and statue are lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Column
Height(cm):
c. 5000
Width(cm):
(of pedestal) 680
Depth(cm):
(of pedestal) 680
Language:
Text Type:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Arcadius
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
401
Latest :
421
MAIN REFERENCE
Konrad, C. B., Beobachtungen zur Architektur und Stellung des Säulenmonuments in Istanbul-Cerrahpaşa – ‘Arkadiossäule’, Istanbuler Mitteilungen (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Istanbul) 51 (2001), 319-401,
Becatti, G., La colonna coclide istoriata. Problemi storici, iconografici, stilistici, Rome 1960, pp. 151-264
Kollwitz, J., Oströmische Plastik der theodosianischen Zeit, Berlin 1941, pp. 17-68
