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This fragment of egg and dart decoration is from the crowning element of an an Ionic column capital from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis. Identical ornamentation can be seen on the Museum's Sardis column (26.59.1) displayed nearby.
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Title: Marble fragment of an Ionic column capital from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis
Period: Hellenistic or Imperial
Date: ca. 300 BCE–early 2nd century CE
Culture: Greek or Roman
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Other: 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926
Object Number: 26.199.283
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