Piece of the upper block of a corbelled cornice (shaped end of the upper fascia known as a sima)
![Frammento di cornice con mensole, blocco superiore (fascia sagomata terminale superiore, o sima). Frammento di cornice con mensole, blocco superiore (fascia sagomata terminale superiore, o sima).](https://www.mercatiditraiano.it/sites/default/files/storage/images/musei/mercati_di_traiano/collezioni/percorsi_per_sale/sezione_del_foro_di_cesare/decorazione_esterna_del_tempio_di_venere_genitrice/frammento_di_cornice_con_mensole_blocco_superiore_fascia_sagomata_terminale_superiore_o_sima/125270-6-ita-IT/frammento_di_cornice_con_mensole_blocco_superiore_fascia_sagomata_terminale_superiore_o_sima.jpg)
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
From the Trajan Era: 113 AD
Material and technique:
Luna marble
Origin:
Caesar's Forum
Inventory:
FC 3528
Piece of the upper block of a corbelled cornice, upper slab (shaped end of the upper fascia called sima). From the external order (peristyle) of the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Caesar's Forum
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
Two adjoining rooms are home to pieces of the exterior decoration of the temple. These panels, each depict a variation of the same scene: cherub-like figures holding up garlands and sacrificing bulls (tauroctony). The Temple of Venus Genetrix was embellished by extremely delicate decorative elements such as the reconstructed lesene displayed in the room, decorated with vine tendrils, and a piece from the corbelled cornice of the external trabeation, in which the original decorations along the sima are still intact.