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Source Image: PR304_02_06 of Bull Console of Aphrodisias: Hadrianic Baths

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Description

Colossal console depicting the minotaur from the Hadrianic Baths.

Monument
Aphrodisias: Hadrianic Baths 
Monument Part
Bull Console 
Monument Type
Architecture 
Material(s)
Aphrodisian marble (Visual identification)  
Date
circa ad 117 - circa ad 138 
Keywords
MinotaurFoliageMouldingConsole  
Collections
Aphrodisias, Site and Museum  

Location

Original Location
Aphrodisias 

Evidence for working practices

Notes

The unfinished panel on the side of this console shows how the carver planned out this decorative motif. The border of the panel was carved first, then the central S-shaped motif was worked out, before the background of the panel was cut back to the required depth.

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