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Description

A group of Dacians.

Keywords: Dacian, Head, Building, Landscape, Spiral Border, Block Division
Collections: Column of Trajan, Rome

Evidence for working practices

1. Block joint

Process: Placement
Description: This scene is carved without difficulty across the division between two blocks. This work had to have been done in place. The border between spirals is reduced to an absolute minimum here.

2. - Toolmarks

Process: Fine shaping
Tool: Flat Chisel
Method: Angle: Shallow (40-50°)
Force: Gentle
Description: Marks of the flat chisel can be seen on the rough landscape of the background.

2. - Toolmarks

Process: Outlining
Tool: Channelling Tool
Method: Angle: Shallow (40-50°)
Force: Gentle
Description: The two figures to the left both have deep channels cut around the tops of their heads using a channelling tool.

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