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Source Image: PR205_1_02_09 of Plate XXXVI / Scene XLIX of Column of Trajan

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Description

Detail of baggage mules.

Monument
Column of Trajan 
Monument Part
Plate XXXVI / Scene XLIX 
Monument Type
Relief 
Material(s)
Luna Marble (Archaeometric identification)  
Date
circa ad 113 
Keywords
Roman SoldierMule  
Collections
Column of Trajan, Rome  

Location

Current Location
Rome 

Evidence for working practices

1. Toolmarks

Process
Outlining
Tool
Channelling Tool
Method
Angle: Shallow (40-50°)
Force: Gentle
Description
As elsewhere on the Column when details are represented against a flat background a channel has been cut around the mule in this image to add definition to it. This was presumably cut using either a channelling tool or narrow flat chisel.

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