ID AND LOCATION
| Stanford #
| 388b |
| AG1980 #
| 388b |
| PM1960 #
| 380 |
| Slab #
| unknown |
| Adjoins
| 388a |
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 was part of a slab edge. A street traverses the piece on a diagonal angle from bottom left to upper right. On the left, the street is lined by what seems to be a row of small tabernae. One, perhaps two of these, have staircases to upper floors. On the right, the street is flanked by a free-standing arcade or portico which connects with the corner of a building to the upper right. Behind the portico, parts of two other structures are visible.
Identification During the printing of PM 1960, the authors realized that this fragment joined with fr. 388 (now 388a) and they drew a reconstructive drawing of the joining fragments on p. 138. Not enough remains of the architecture on the right hand side, behind the portico, to warrant an identification. Sidewalk arcades are generally placed fairly close to the buildings they shade; this arcade or portico, however, lies somewhat at a distance from the rectangular feature on the right. It may therefore be part of a colonnade that surrounded the rectangle on at least three sides.
Significance The rooms on the left side of this fragment seem to represent commercial and/or residential architecture (shops); the right side, however, may be part of a larger monument of religious and/or political significance. |
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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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| street, tabernae, staircases, arcade |
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