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Source Image: PR205_1_02_16 of Plate XXXIX / Scene LVI of Column of Trajan

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Description

Roman soldiers cutting down trees.

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

Location

Current Location
Rome 

Evidence for working practices

No evidence is available for this source.

Notes

All of these figures have carved tools rather than holes drilled in their hands for the insertion of metal weapons. Elsewhere on the Column the reverse is true. This might indicate a preference for carving the tools among the sculptors responsible for this scene.

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