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Dimensions are multiple measurements averaged.
Comments: One end of A is broken. Both ends of B are flat. One end has a recess .06 m. square and .04 m. deep. Present length of C includes base. Both ends flat. Present length of D includes capital; lower end broken. Both ends of E squared: round hole at center of one end with a diameter of .04 m. and a depth of .06 m. Present length of F includes capital; lower end broken. It was not possible to measure diameter between arrisses accurately or examine capital top for hole. It appeared to taper slightly but perhaps did not. Both ends of G are broken. G and C twist in the opposite direction to the others.
There can scarcely be any doubt that the columns in and from the orchestra originally formed part of the scaenae frons of the theater during the Roman period. It is not my purpose to enter here upon a discussion of the nature of this frons, which will be treated in detail by Professor Stillwell. It will suffice to state that he considers the Roman facade to have existed during the third century and possibly even the late second century A.D., and that there are, outside Cyprus, at least two roughly contemporary analogies for the occurrence of spirally fluted columns in the backdrops of Roman provincial theaters: at Termessos and at Sabratha. Within Cyprus, a most interesting parallel occurs in the Roman theater at Soli. Thanks to the generous co-operation of Dr. Olof Vessberg, I am able to publish excellent photographs of a fragment (figs. 9-10 Pl. 11) from that site, now in the Medelhavsmusee in Stockholm, The dimensions given, as far as I can judge, put this piece roughly in the class of Curium C, although its color is presumably darker than that of Curium C. According to Gjerstad, spirally fluted columns were represented at Soli in types which could have been used for flanking niches in the wall (Type 3) or on the lower story (Type 1) of the scaenae frons. The original use of the fragment found south of the basilica must remain in doubt. Its relatively small diameter, and its flaring base worked
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