This publication contains the documentation of more than 1170 architectural elements in the form of drawings, photographs, and descriptions that were used for the reconstruction of the Pergamon Altar. These include in particular the numerous architectural elements that remained in the Bergama Museum and at the excavation site, insofar as they could be identified, as well as all the fragments that are now in Berlin and that originated from the formal division of finds with the Ottoman state for the old museum excavation (1878-1886). This publication thus continues and completes the work on the Pergamon Altar begun by Manfred Klinkott in AvP III.3, where the foundations and metrological studies were presented. The present documentation and the associated studies on the architecture of this unique monument of the Hellenistic period in Asia Minor were made possible by a cooperation between the Collection of Classical Antiquities of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Pergamon Excavations of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, which began in 1990. For this publication, the material of the entire building, from the steps to the roof, was systematically reorganized. In this context, the recording of the ancient system of offset markings proved to be particularly important for the reconstruction of the building. In this way, the original concept of the structure of the altar could be identified in many places. Two types of marble once characterized the appearance of the building: a white, gray-banded marble from the island of Prokonnesos (today Marmara) and a dark, blue-gray marble from the island of Lesbos. From these, the wall of the courtyard can be reconstructed and the Telephos frieze can be integrated into the architectural structure. Finally, on the basis of these findings, proposals are made for the differentiated design of the west hall and the courtyard with the sacrificial altar. The theory that the building was not completed in antiquity is also confirmed.
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