Frammento di basamento con iscrizione di Prassitele
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
post 192 d.C.
Material and technique:
Marmo Proconnesio
Origin:
Tempio della Pace
Inventory:
FP 133
Testo dell'iscrizione:
['Ερ]µ[ης]
Πραξ]ιτέ[λους]
[’Aθη]vα[ίου]
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
Old texts describe the Temple of Peace as an open-air museum with works from some of the most famous Greek artists of the time, some of which were plundered from Greece and Asia Minor by Nero so that they could adorn his Domus Aurea.