crossbar
- Museum number
- 1880,0709.16
- Description
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Railing crossbar (suci) carved in limestone ('Palnad marble'):
-on the inner face with a lotus with four rows of petals
-on the outer face with a now badly damaged narrative relief, possibly an Elevation of the Relics scene.
- Production date
- 2ndC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 81.25 centimetres
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Thickness: 23.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Curatorial comments in the entry for BM 16 in this series.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- The inner face (narrative) is heavily damaged and bears the scars of two large iron cramps used to attach the crossbar to another piece of stone at some period. The narrative scene is scarcely visible save for a shadowy set of human figures close to the centre of the roundel. The outer face is well preserved but the tenons, though in place, are both damaged.
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired as the result of the abolition in 1879 of the India Museum (Exhibition Road, London) and the partition of its contents between the British Museum and The South Kensington Museum (Victoria and Albert Museum).
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1880,0709.16
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Elliot no 126
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Miscellaneous number: IM 1876 no 47