Villa Magna

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Description

  • Medieval low relief
  • White marble
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  • 18.0
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  • The fragment is roughly cut into the shape of a triangle. The straightness of the cuts suggests that the fragment was intentionally trimmed for reuse. The carved surface is worn down and shows the same vein-like discolouration AE 1060. The surfaces are lightly pitted and chipped.
  • AE 1064 preserves smooth-surfaced vegetal stalk. Spiral tendrils spring from one side.
  • This is not a standard form, but a similar motif (with spirals growing from both sides of the stalk) can be seen in a fragment of a ninth-century ciborium now in the Museo Lapidario of the Cathedral of S. Maria, Anagni (Mengarelli 2006, 71, fig. 8).
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Record Details

  • VM_4036
    • circolo di pietreposto al centro del piano superiore del saggio, lato W
    • Megan McNamee