Die dekorative Marmorwandausstattung des sogenannten Marmorsaales im Hanghaus 2 in Ephesos : ein ausgewähltes Beispiel für privaten Ausstattungsluxus im Wohnbau des gehobenen Gesellschaftsstandes der Metropolis Asiae in der mittleren römischen Kaiserzeit / eingereicht von Karin Koller

• VerfasserIn: Koller, Karin
• Place / Publishing House: 1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: German
• Physical Description: 147 Bl.; Ill.

eng: Thanks to its excellent condition and the abundant furnishing with wall paintings, marble revetments, stucco-decorations, mosaics on floors, walls and ceilings the terrace house 2 in Ephesos represents one of the most important monuments for the research into Roman emperial housing in general and the Eastern Mediterraenean in particular. The archaeological context of massive destruction caused by earthquake without rebuilding the structures gives in case of the so-called 'Marmorsaal' the possibility to regain the impression of the excellent furnishing with marble revetment on the reasons that nearly all the fragments were left within the debris and also because of the prints of plaques, pilasters and molding pieces left at the opus signinum-wallcovering. By analyzing the fragments together with the prints it was possible to reconstruct the system of the marble revetment based on a modulus similar to one Roman feet and to show the vertical division of the horizontal zones. The material itself, colored marbles imported from all the famous marble quarries all around the Imperium Romanum used in the marble revetment of the so-called 'Marmorsaal' reflects the wealth of the owner of the hole dwelling unit and so the abundant furnishing of this huge dining room gives the impression of the need for private representation of the upper class dwelling in Ephesos during the second century A.D. as the architectural decoration of the pilaster capitals of the marble revetment shows.