tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post2698957309022718049..comments2024-03-20T18:15:41.858+00:00Comments on Looting Matters: Artemis in New YorkDavid Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-28170647875249602952016-10-03T08:16:29.155+01:002016-10-03T08:16:29.155+01:00Regarding the box-shaped pedestal: The statue has ...Regarding the box-shaped pedestal: The statue has bronze shadow-like casts below its feet, which was quite common for Hellenistic/Roman bronze statues. These "shadows" of the feet connected the statue to the base. After the statue was finished, the craftsmen would carve similar "shadows" into a rock block. Thus, the statue would have been "sunk" into those holes and the finished product would be a statue with the feet slightly above or level with the rock face, but also firmly attached to the rock pedestal.<br />It's reasonable to believe the bronze box-shaped pedestal is a later addition, especially since I don't think Romans possessed the technology to cast such boxes. Also, back then, most if not all statues stood on rock blocks.blogulupadrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051718291482796511noreply@blogger.com