ID AND LOCATION
| Stanford #
| 386 |
| AG1980 #
| 386 |
| PM1960 #
| 386 |
| Slab #
| unknown |
| Adjoins
| none |
CONDITION
| Located
| false |
| Incised
| true |
| Surviving
| true |
| Subfragments
| 1 |
| Plaster Parts
| 0 |
| Back Surface
| smooth |
| Slab Edges
| 1 |
| Clamp Holes
| 0 |
| Tassello
| no |
TECHNICAL INFO
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| ANALYSIS
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| Description The fragment formed part of a slab edge. The majority of the fragment seems to be occupied by a section of an insula or a city block. Visible on a diagonal angle is the dividing wall between two buildings within the block. On either side of this common wall lies a variety of rooms, the outer of which have openings towards the streets that flank the block. The building on the left have two staircases. Bottom right, an alley separates the block off from the corner of another building that seems to consist of a row of tabernae. To the left, a possible arcade lies at a perpendicular angle to the insula.
Identification The fragment may depict a multi-storeyed apartment building, somewhat similar to those depicted in frs. 37A. The varied sizes of the rooms, with access mainly to the street, suggest the semi-private nature of these rooms, as opposed to the commercial function of the tabernae in the lower right corner. The arcade may front another row of shops in the lower left corner, as this seems to be a common function of arcades on the Plan.
Significance This fragment is typical of non-identified fragments of the Plan. No monumental buildings are represented, and the fragment instead provides a view of the lesser known structures that made up the urban fabric of Rome: the residential and commercial buildings.
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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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| apartments, staircases, tabernae, arcade, alley, insula |
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