Ein Figuralkapitell aus Iconium (Konya)

Abstract

This essay presents a figural capital from Konya Archaeological Museum. The capital has been dated to the Julio-Claudian period on the basis of stylistic features of the ornament and the figures.
Iconographic elements of the figures and technical characteristics of the capital have led to the conclusion that the capital belonged to a grave column. The various influences that can be discerned in the monument are analysed and explained from a historical point of view; Roman, Cilician and Commagene attributes play a part here. Thanks to this figural capital, another category of sepulchral monument, in addition to the sarcophagus, is now attested for Iconium.