On the Ephesian origin of greco scritto marble

Donato Attanasio ^[1] ; A. B. Yavuz ^[2] ; Matthias Bruno ; J.J. Herrmann ^[3] ; Robert H. Tykot ^[4] ; Annewies Van Den Hoek ^[5]
1. [1] Institute of Structure of Matter
  
  Institute of Structure of Matter
  
  Roma Capitale, Italia
2. [2] Dokuz Eylül University
  
  Dokuz Eylül University
  
  Turquía
3. [3] School of the Museum of Fine Arts
  
  School of the Museum of Fine Arts
  
  City of Boston, Estados Unidos
4. [4] University of South Florida
  
  University of South Florida
  
  Estados Unidos
5. [5] Harvard Divinity School
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Localización: Interdisciplinary studies on ancient stone: proceedings of the IX Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) Conference (Tarragona 2009) / coord. por Anna Gutiérrez García-Moreno, María Pilar Lapuente Mercadal, Isabel Rodà de Llanza, 2012, ISBN 978-84-939033-8-1, págs. 245-254
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- A new, massive source of greco scritto marble, the Hasançavuslar quarries near Ephesos, is reported and shown to be isotopically quite distinct from Cap de Garde, the Algerian marble site traditionally considered to be the main source of greco scritto. Isotopic and EPR analyses carried out on 58 artifacts from North Africa, Italy and Asia Minor demonstrate that all the true greco scritto samples (36 artifacts) come from the newly discovered site. The remaining 22 samples are related veined varieties originating from different sites including Hasançavuslar (45%), Cap de Garde (23%). It is suggested that Hasançavuslar was the major, if not unique, source of the greco scritto marble actually used in antiquity.