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Source Image: PR204_05_08 of Procession Panel of Arch of Titus

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Description

Detail of the relief on the south side of the passageway.

Monument
Arch of Titus 
Monument Part
Procession Panel 
Monument Type
Architecture 
Material(s)
Pentelic Marble (Archaeometric identification)  
Date
circa ad 82 
Keywords
FigureBlock Division  
Collections
Arch of Titus, Rome  

Location

Original Location
Rome 

Evidence for working practices

1. Block joint

Process
Placement
Description
The block line in the middle of the image runs straight through the shoulder of one of these figures and the part of his body which crossed this joint has since broken off. The fact that no attempt is made in the carving to avoid detailed carving crossing this joint shows that all of this work was undertaken in place.

Notes

The heads in the background in this image are clearly more roughly finished than the figures in the foreground. Originally, of course, they would have been obscured from view somewhat by the heads of the foreground figures which are now broken off.

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