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3. Sculpture Documentation and Research (Figs. 6-00)The aims of sculpture research at Aphrodisias remain: (1) to record the massof material found in the excavations of 1961-1990, (2) to recover the archaeologicalfind locations of that material from old records, and (3) to study and publish thematerial in its ancient contexts and categories. This program of documentationwas pursued under the supervision of Julia Lenaghan, with a team of graduatestudents: Heather Awan, Maryl Gensheimer, Christopher Knutson, SarahMadole, Esen Öğüş, Ava Vitali, and Leslie Wallick.Sebasteion reliefs. In conjunction with the study and conservation of theSebasteion reliefs, a new database was made of more than 150 unattachedfragments from the excavation of the Sebasteion complex (1979-81) that havenever been properly recorded (Maryl Gensheimer, Leslie Wallick). This carefuldocumentation resulted in the following important new joins: (1) part of thebeard of the cyclops in the Polyphemos relief (79-94), (2) the right arm of theMuse in the relief of Apollo with Bird (80-120), (3) the wrist of the marine figurein the relief showing Claudius as ruler of land and sea (79-108), (4) the righthand of Claudius striking down Britannia (80-137), (5) the right foot of Zeus (79-125), and most significantly (6) the head of the dancing nymph in the DrunkenDionysos panel (80-77) (Fig. 6). Where possible, these new pieces were attachedto the reliefs. The bases on which the Sebasteion reliefs sat in their architecturewere also catalogued and studied, in the process of which six major new missingpieces were added to them (Ava Vitali). The dossier of drawings and photographsof the Sebasteion reliefs and bases was revised and new pieces added (NicholasQuiring, Ian Cartwright).Sarcophagus studies. Detailed work was pursued on the sarcophagi of theRoman period, refining the sarcophagus database that now contains some 730items. The study of sarcophagi in context discovered since 1990 was continuedby Heather Awan, and a new project to study the columnar sarcophagi fromthe site was begun by Esen Öğüş. A group of three unusual sarcophagi, eachfeaturing a combination of gods and contemporary citizen couples, was cleaned,conserved, and studied for publication by Sarah Madole.New sarcophagi. Four new sarcophagi with lids (all of the third century A.D.)and an extra lid were found in rescue excavations by the Aphrodisias Museumin 2006 and 2007, in the area of the southeast necropolis. A further sarcophaguswas found in the area of the new museum building in an old Geyre village329