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In English, the term tends to be most used for the bases for rather small sculptures, with plinth or pedestal preferred for larger examples. [1] This is not the case in French. In the field of archaeology this term refers to a wall base, frequently of stone, that supports the upper part of the wall, which is made of a different material ...
A pedestal, on the other hand, is defined as a shaft-like form that raises the sculpture and separates it from the base. [1] An elevated pedestal or plinth that bears a statue, and which is raised from the substructure supporting it (typically roofs or corniches), is sometimes called an acropodium.
Roman cippi were made of wood or stone; inscriptions on the stone cippi indicate their function or the area that they surrounded, like sanctuaries and temple areas. In Rome they marked the limits of the pomerium after the city's walls were expanded further out, the course of aqueducts, and the cursus publicus. Cippi lined up in rows were also ...
The Berlin pedestal relief is part of the base of a granite pedestal of an unprovenanced Ancient Egyptian statue containing an inscription describing Egypt's war victories. According to the German archaeologist Manfred Görg , the inscription on the pedestal may have originally contained one of the oldest known references to Israel , older than ...
The base and trimmings are made from gray granite quarried in Silver Plume, Colorado.The upper and lower dies of the pedestal are composed of dark red syenite granite from Wisconsin. The Wisconsin syenite granite has been observed to have a very small grain size and minimal amount of mica which make it ideal for monument purposes. [1]
A stone platform 0.9m x 1.52m was built to the right of the niche, possibly to serve as a statue base. The colonnade from Phase II was removed and at least five small pedestals were placed against the bench fronts. A layer of soil was found, [5] no more than 60 mm thick, between the Phase III floor and the layer of burnt debris that sealed the ...