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MA·2017.044 Class III On loan (vitrine)
Pl. MA·2017.044 — the Colonnade Fragment. One scoured face; the cast shadow is offset by a constant eleven degrees.

The Colonnade Fragment

A fluted section of a stone column from a ruined colonnade beyond a surveyed aperture.

Description
A fluted section of a stone column, some 1.1 m in height, from the ruined colonnade of the site reached through the B-13 aperture. The stone resembles a fine limestone but matches no quarry on record.
Provenance
Recovered and conveyed by the partner institution that maintains the aperture; held on loan. The colonnade still stands; the fragment was already fallen.
Condition
Stable, faintly warm. A single face is heavily wind-scoured, weathered far longer than the rest by the sun under which it stood. Under even lighting it casts a shadow offset by a constant eleven degrees.
Notes
May be displayed. It is not to be carried back through any aperture.

the B-13 aperture