HIERAPOLIS STREET
The broken and fractured column drums and capitals fallen from the east portico of Hierapolis Street were documented by drawings and photography and then taken to the stone field using a crane. Following the restoration of the bases, drums and capitals they were re-erected as part of anastylosis (Fig. 1and Fig. 2).
As the mortar of the east and west stylobate walls of the Hierapolis Street had lost itsbinding capabilities it was replaced with new mortar conforming to the original. The filling beneath the statue bases along the east side of the street was renewed and the bases were put up as part of anastylosis. The inscribed pillar embedded in the west wall of the pool was mechanically and chemically cleaned (Fig.3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5). In addition, the east and west walls of the sewage channel running underneath the street’s pavementwere raised about 60 cm to rebuild the fallen parts.