ID AND LOCATION
| Stanford #
| 270 |
| AG1980 #
| 270 |
| PM1960 #
| 270 |
| Slab #
| unknown |
| Adjoins
| none |
CONDITION
| Located
| false |
| Incised
| true |
| Surviving
| true |
| Subfragments
| 1 |
| Plaster Parts
| 0 |
| Back Surface
| smooth |
| Slab Edges
| 1 |
| Clamp Holes
| 1 |
| Tassello
| no |
TECHNICAL INFO
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| ANALYSIS
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| Description The fragment was part of a slab edge; a clamp hole is visible on the back. The piece is mainly blank; a corner of a building is visible on the far right. It is lined on the left by a long, narrow space that has been divided into a short and a long section, the short section being in the corner of the building.
Identification The architecture of the partially preserved building in this fragment is reminiscent of the structure depicted in fr. 254; it is also flanked by a long, narrow space. The nature and function of these narrow spaces are uncertain. Are they actual rooms? Do they represent thick walls? Why are they separated off into sections of varying sizes? The questions must remain unanswered. Like the building in fr. 254, this structure seems to be situated near a large, open space or enclosure.
Significance 3D digital matching and using constraints such as slab edges and clamp holes may allow us to join this fragment to identified and located areas on the Map; this might help explain the nature of the large open space in this fragment and the function of the depicted building.
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| HISTORY OF FRAGMENT |
| Like the majority of FUR fragments, this piece was discovered in 1562 in a garden behind the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian. From here, it was transferred to the Palazzo Farnese and stored there. The fragment was later used as building material in the 17th c. construction of the Farnese familys Giardino Segreto (Secret Garden) near the Via Giulia, and was rediscovered in 1888 or 1898 when the walls of the garden were demolished. Since then, it has been stored with the other known FUR fragments in various places: the storerooms of the Commissione Archeologica (1888/1898-1903), the Antiquarium Comunale (1924-1939), the Capitoline Museums (1939-1955), the Palazzo Braschi (1955-1998), and since 1998 in the Museo della Civiltà Romana in EUR under the auspices of the Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali del Comune di Roma. (This fragments history corresponds to Iter E as summarized in PM 1960, p. 56.) N.B. PM 1960 does not reveal the whereabouts of the fragment between 1903 and 1924.
Text by Tina Najbjerg |
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| KEYWORDS
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| open space, narrow space |
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