Database – Trajan's Column

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Spiral 13c

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Temple portico

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13c

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Subject Description:

This Corinthian prostyle temple has been tentatively identified as the capitolium of the sea-side town, possibly Salona, which Trajan passes through on his way to the second war.

Subject Keywords:

town

Tool & Technical Description:

A flat chisel was used on the architrave and a scraper on the columns and the spaces between. The columns also show an incised line down their centres, apparently guides for the stone carver. See slide 205.10717 for similar lines.

Tool Keywords:

coating, scraper, flat_chisel

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PR Slide Number:

205.10618

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