ID AND LOCATION
| Stanford #
| 80b |
| AG1980 #
| 80b |
| PM1960 #
| 656 |
| Slab #
| unknown |
| Adjoins
| 80a |
CONDITION
| Located
| false |
| Incised
| true |
| Surviving
| true |
| Subfragments
| 1 |
| Plaster Parts
| 0 |
| Back Surface
| rough |
| Slab Edges
| 1 |
| Clamp Holes
| 0 |
| Tassello
| no |
TECHNICAL INFO
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| ANALYSIS
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| Description The small fragment seems to have been part of a slab edge (AG 1980, pl. 37). The four lines visible make a trapezoidally shaped structure that joins in two diagonally opposing corners.
Identification E. Rodríguez-Almeida was able to join this fragment with fr. 80a based solely on the thickness, rough back, and matching edges of the pieces (Rodríguez-Almeida 1978-1980a, p. 109). The nature of the architecture in this fragment is uncertain, however, and does not seem to relate to the row of shops visible in fr. a.
Significance 3D digital matching may soon enable us to attach small pieces like this to larger, identified areas of the Plan.
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| HISTORY OF FRAGMENT |
| Like the majority of FUR fragments, this piece was discovered in the garden behind the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in 1562. From here, it was transferred to and stored in the Palazzo Farnese. The fragment was later used as building material in a 17th-century Farnese construction, the Secret Garden, and it was rediscovered in 1888 or 1898 when the walls of the garden near the Via Giulia were demolished. Since then, it has been stored with the other FUR fragments in various places: In the storerooms of the Commissione Archeologica (1888/1898-1903), in the Antiquarium Comunale (1924-1939), in the Capitoline museums (1939-1955), in the Braschi palace (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(PM 1960, p. 154 [Iter E''])
Text by Tina Najbjerg |
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