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Source Image: PR205_1_04_07 of Column of Trajan

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Description

Trajan receiving the surrender of Dacians.

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

Location

Current Location
Rome 

Evidence for working practices

1. Block joint

Process
Placement
Description
A joint between column drums passes right through the line of heads of the figures in the background. No attempt whatsoever is made to avoid this line indicating that all of this carving was done in place.

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