, Walter Prochaska
Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes in Wien, Band 80/2011, pp. 73-154, 2024/10/08
At Ephesos, six successive temples and altars were erected to Artemis from the early 7th until the late 4th
century B.C. Based on the analysis of the stratigraphy and find contexts, the first four constructions can
now be dated to the period from the second quarter of the 7th century until the end of the 7th century. They
were constructed of limestone marl slabs. Marble was used for the first time after the second quarter of
the 6th century, for the Dipteros 1 (›Croesus-Temple‹). The foundation in the west, formerly known as the
›Hecatompedos‹, was the altar which belonged to it. For both structures, marble of the type ›Ephesos II‹
was employed, which most probably came from the quarry near Belevi. After the mid-4th century B.C. the
new Dipteros 2 was erected, using marble of the type ›Ephesos I‹ from the quarry at Ketli Çiftlik. A monumental court altar belonged to Dipteros 2, within which older structures made of ›Ephesos II‹ marble were
integrated. The paving also was of this type of marble, and was reused in the court altar.
