Naiskoi from the sacred percinct of lagina hekate: augustus and sarapis

Abstract

During the excavations at Lagina Hekate sanctuary in the Karia Region, blocks of naiskoi were found at Byzantine building between the temple of Hekate and her monumental altar. These naiskoi are dated in first and second century A.D. As to the inscriptions on architrave of entablature, one of them belongs to Augustus. It means that a small entablature and pediment of marble evidently belonging to a naiskos housing the statue of Augustus. Relief on different Pediment block tells the story about the temple which built for Sarapis and dated was second century A.D. The Sarapis bust figure in the centre of pediment is depicted as a bust with a modius on his head. In the area, all the naiskoi belong to two different kind of architectural structures which are Ionic and Corinthian order. The plans are in antis and prostylos.