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Source Image: PR205_1_01_08 of Plate XXXI / Scene XL of Column of Trajan

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Description

Soldiers holding standards.

Monument
Column of Trajan 
Monument Part
Plate XXXI / Scene XL 
Monument Type
Relief 
Material(s)
Luna Marble (Archaeometric identification)  
Date
circa ad 113 
Keywords
Roman SoldierSpiral BorderBlock DivisionMilitary Standard  
Collections
Column of Trajan, Rome  

Location

Current Location
Rome 

Evidence for working practices

1. Block joint

Process
Placement
Description
The way in which the faces of these soldiers are carved across the joint between blocks again shows that this carving must have happened once the drums had been put in place.

Notes

The effect of weathering on the surface of the Column, shown by parallel striations, can be seen clearly in this detail too.

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