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Source Image: PR203_01_16 of Colosseum

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Description

View along the outermost corridor of the Colosseum.

Monument
Colosseum 
Monument Type
Architecture 
Material(s)
Travertine (Visual identification)  
Date
ad 70 - ad 80 
Keywords
Block DivisionClamp  
Collections
Colosseum, Rome  

Location

Original Location
Rome 

Evidence for working practices

1. Clamp socket

Process
Securing
Description
The holes visible here were made by the removal of the metal clamps which originally held the blocks of the monument in place.

Notes

The irregular sizes of the blocks employed for the construction of these piers can be seen in this image.

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