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- noun Plural form of
aedicula .
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In the central aediculae, there were two black and white breccia columns on the outside, and on either side of the central niche stood blue and dark gray marble columns with white veins, made of Dokimeion marble and known as kaplan postu columns.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects - Antonine Nymphaeum Report 1 2003
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It is, however, clear that the facade of the stage was of the "tabernacle" or aediculated type consisting of projecting tabernacles (aediculae) formed by free-standing columns, alternating with doors in the recessed wall sections in between them.
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We also aim to reconstruct some of the aediculae (ornamentation).
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Together with the colossal Dionysos and satyr groups made of Aphrodisian marble that fill the lateral aediculae, the decorations clearly indicate that this nymphaeum was dedicated to Dionysos.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects - Antonine Nymphaeum Report 1 2003
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The nearly 30 meter-long monumental fountain consisted of a drawing basin in front of a tabernacle facade, which was composed of six projecting tabernacles or aediculae, composed of free-standing columns carrying individual roofs.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects - Antonine Nymphaeum Report 1 2003
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The main aim of this year is to complete the third and fourth aediculae (projecting tabernacles carried by columns) of the building.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects Report 2 2003
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The size of the base suggests that his bronze statue occupied one of the niches or aediculae of the first floor.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Lower Agora Report 12 2003
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In the mean time the gable has been put back in its place, so that three aediculae now look as they did centuries ago.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects Report 7 2003
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The architects 'team -- Özge Basagac, Serpi Uyar, Emrah Köskeroglu, and Berran Sözer -- continued trial fittings of the entablature parts of four of the six aediculae of the fountain on the newly created platform (see July 27-August 2).
Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Restoration & Conservation Report 5 2003
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Whereas the four central aediculae's roofs (the two outer ones with a pitched gable, the two inner ones with a curved gable) were carried by a pair of Corinthian columns and corresponding pilasters in the back wall, the two lateral aediculae projected more, as their gabled roofs, decorated with two opposed colossal volutes, were each supported by two pairs of columns.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects - Antonine Nymphaeum Report 1 2003
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