Resumen de The Temple of Apollo at Claros and the Kizilburun shipwreck: preliminary analysis of isotopic data
W. Aylward, D. Carlson, D. Laroche, Jean-Charles Moretti, S. Pike
The ship that was wrecked at Kizilburun, off the Aegean coast of Turkey, was transporting a Doric capital and eight column drums with an estimated total weight of at least 50 tons. Isotopic data indicate Proconnesos Island as the source of the freshly quarried architectural parts and metrological research points to the Temple of Apollo at Claros as the intended destination. Datable artifacts from the cargo, which has been under excavation since 2005, show that the vessel sank some time during the first three quarters of the 1st century BC. This date is consistent with the early stages of construction on the temple peristyle at Claros. New isotopic data from ten finished blocks belonging to different parts of the temple at Claros suggest that the Proconnesian quarries were but one of several sources of marble used in the temple. The range of marbles used for building at Claros opens new perspectives on the construction history of an important oracular temple at a Panhellenic sanctuary with a rich tradition of benefactions from across the Hellenistic and Roman world
