Piece of a plinth with Partenocles inscription
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
post 192 AD
Material and technique:
Proconnesian Marble
Origin:
Templum Pacis
Inventory:
FP 129-130-131
Inscription text:
Παρθεvοκλέο[υς]
’Aθηvα[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.