New Insights on Material Use for Roman and Late Antique Sarcophagi in the Basilica of San Apollinare in Classe (Ravenna, Italy)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F25%3A10497434" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/25:10497434 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=GhicAgt.Dl" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=GhicAgt.Dl</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.55023/issn.1786-271X.2025-010" target="_blank" >10.55023/issn.1786-271X.2025-010</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
New Insights on Material Use for Roman and Late Antique Sarcophagi in the Basilica of San Apollinare in Classe (Ravenna, Italy)
Original language description
This paper presents the provenance of white marble used in late antique sarcophagi from the Basilica of San Apollinare in Classe (Ravenna), challenging the long-held assumption that most marble came from the quarries of Proconnesos (Marmara Island, Turkey) in the Eastern Mediterranean. While previous studies have relied primarily on stylistic, typological analysis and historical presumptions, the research of this project uses a combination of non-destructive and minimally invasive methods, including macroscopic and microscopic examination, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, δ18O and δ13C stable isotope analysis. The analysis of sarcophagi from the Basilica of San Apollinare in Classe reveals the use of different types of marble, showing a combination of marbles from different quarries. The results of the analyses indicate that in addition to Proconnesos marble, material from quarries on Thassos and Paros was also used in the Ravenna(?) region. The results emphasise the diversity of marble sources beyond Proconnesos, including quarries in Asia Minor, Thassos and Paros. This study contributes to a broader understanding of Mediterranean trade networks and artistic production in Late Antiquity, and also highlights the need for further research into the marble trade in the northern Adriatic.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-06403S" target="_blank" >GA23-06403S: Provenance of Marble from Northern Italy and Istria as Evidence of Interconnections between the East and West in Late Antiquity</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Archeometriai műhely
ISSN
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e-ISSN
1786-271X
Volume of the periodical
2025
Issue of the periodical within the volume
XXII./2.
Country of publishing house
HU - HUNGARY
Number of pages
25
Pages from-to
137-161
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105003390675