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Source Image: PR225_04_16 of South Pier of Arch of Trajan

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Description

Western face of the southern pier.

Monument
Arch of Trajan 
Monument Part
South Pier 
Monument Type
Architecture 
Material(s)
Undefined white marble (Visual identification)  
Date
circa ad 114 - circa ad 117 
Collections
Arch of Trajan, Benevento  

Location

Original Location
Benevento 

Evidence for working practices

1. Block joint

Process
Placement
Description
The numerous block joints visible on this pier show that the arch was built of irregularly sized blocks. Since the carving of the reliefs crosses these lines without interruption it was probably done in place, once the blocks had been erected.

Notes

Here the varying compositions of the different scenes on the arch can be seen. The main scenes on the piers are large and the figures fairly cramped but the composition unadventurous, while higher up the thin frieze at the top is much more spaced out to allow for a certain readability.

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