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An Ionic capital from a temple of unknown dedication at Metapontum, Magna Graecia, southern Italy. 480-470 BCE.

A column capital in the form of a bull-man from the Tripylon, Persepolis, Achaemenid Period, Reign of Xerxes 486-465 BCE. (The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago)

A Corinthian capital from the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens. Completed 131 CE.

Pegasus, a mythical winged divine stallion, was a prominent creature in the Greek mythology. This marble capital depicts Pegasus. First half of the 6th century CE. Possibly from Kathisma, Hippodrome, Sultanahmet, in...

Ionic pilaster capital from the palace complex of Pella (Macedonia) which occupied the entire extant of the hill dominating the ancient city, Hellenistic Period (Pella Archaeological Museum).

A Corinthian capital from the north facade of the Library of Hadrian, Athens. c. 132-134 CE

This basket-shaped marble capital is decorated with a distinctive split-palmette. It dates to 524-527 CE and came from the Saraçhane excavations, Fatih, Istanbul, in modern-day Turkey. (Museum of Archaeology...

The half-palmettes on this column capital made from marble are ultimately derived from ancient Assyrian models. Stylization transforms its more recent Hellenistic predecessors. This specimen dates from the late 7th-early 8th...

This marble capital is decorated with heads of rams. Second half of the 5th to the first half of the 6th century CE. From structures within the walls of the Topkapi Palace, Mangana Region, Gulhane, Istanbul...

This Ionian capital is made of limestone and dates from the second quarter of the 5th century BCE. It was found at Kerch, in Crimea, in the acropolis of ancient Panticapaeum. Panticapaeum was referred to as "Taurica" by...