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Source Image: PR205_1_01_04 of Plate XXX / Scene XXXIX of Column of Trajan

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Description

Detail of Trajan and officers.

Monument
Column of Trajan 
Monument Part
Plate XXX / Scene XXXIX 
Monument Type
Relief 
Material(s)
Luna Marble (Archaeometric identification)  
Date
circa ad 113 
Keywords
Roman SoldierTrajanBlock Division  
Collections
Column of Trajan, Rome  

Location

Current Location
Rome 

Evidence for working practices

1. Block joint

Process
Placement
Description
The way in which key details of the frieze cross the joints between drums with ease suggests that all of the carving work was carried out in place. In this detail a certain amount of damage can be seen along the edges of both drums.

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