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Source Image: PR205_1_08_03 of Column of Trajan

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Description

Trajan performing a libation at an altar.

Monument
Column of Trajan 
Monument Type
Architecture 
Material(s)
Luna Marble (Archaeometric identification)  
Date
circa ad 113 
Keywords
FigureBarbarianDacianDecebalus  
Collections
Column of Trajan, Rome  

Location

Current Location
Rome 

Evidence for working practices

1. Insert socket

Process
Insertion
Tool
Drill
Method
Vertical (90°)
Description
The pipes that would have been held by the musician at the centre must have been added in metal.

Notes

All of the figures around the emperor are carved with particular attention and the figure to the left at the top has been especially carefully modelled and delineated from the border above.

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