Marble fragment of an anta (pilaster) capital from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis
Unknown Artist
ca. early 3rd century BCE
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
26.59.12A: 22 × 24 × 55 in., 1800 lb. (55.9 × 61 × 139.7 cm, 816.5 kg) 26.59.12B: 22 × 16 × 63 in., 1500 lb. (55.9 × 40.6 × 160 cm, 680.4 kg)
Classification
Stone Sculpture
Culture & Period
Greek · Hellenistic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of the American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926
Accession Number
26.59.12a, b
Rights
Public Domain