The proconnesian marble is one of the most popular white marbles used in antiquity attracting the interest of the scientific community in relation to provenance studies in archaeometry.
What is proconnesian marble.
Its use flourished during the roman era with numerous buildings and art materials sarcophagi sculptures etc made out of proconnesos marble.
Slivenec marble slivenecký mramor from barrandien slivenec and radotín cikánka horní kopanina na špičce hvížďalka quarries prague.
In addition the precisely dated inscription of ad 95 96 on one side of the philadelphia panel is an important example of a monument constructed by imperial order made of proconnesian marble.
The white marble in the center is proconnesian marble marmo di proconneso from the island of marmara which is 100 miles from constantinople.
At halicarnassus the house of that most potent king mausolus though decorated throughout with proconnesian marble has walls built of brick which are to this day of extraordinary strength and are covered with stucco so highly polished that they seem to be as glistening as glass that king did not use brick from poverty.
It is a coarse grained calcite marble with grey graphite bearing banding.
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For he was choke full of revenues being ruler of all caria.
Proconnesian marble is used extensively in the hagia sophia in constantinople and exclusively in the herculean sarcophagus of genzano now in the british museum.