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Source Image: PR205_08_03 of Column of Trajan

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Description

Detail of Trajan approaching a fortress.

Monument
Column of Trajan 
Monument Type
Architecture 
Material(s)
Luna Marble (Archaeometric identification)  
Date
circa ad 113 
Keywords
Roman SoldierTrajanBuildingSpiral BorderBlock Division  
Collections
Column of Trajan, Rome  

Location

Current Location
Rome 

Evidence for working practices

1. Block joint

Description
The block line intersects the heads of the soldiers below suggesting that the carving was undertaken after the blocks were in place.

Notes

It appears that there was a guideline for the spiral border which had to be adjusted when the figure of Trajan was carved because his head intersected where the border was planned to be.

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