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What is proconnesian marble.
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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.
It is a coarse grained calcite marble with grey graphite bearing banding.
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.
Its use flourished during the roman era with numerous buildings and art materials sarcophagi sculptures etc made out of proconnesos marble.
Reddish rose brown grey spotted with veins from old times quarried by the knights of the cross with the red star order which received the slivenec village in 1253 from wenceslaus i přemyslid the.
Especially fine examples of proconnesian revetment like this can have a crystalline structure that adds a deep soft flash to the.
Proconnesian marble is used extensively in the hagia sophia in constantinople and exclusively in the herculean sarcophagus of genzano now in the british museum.
Additionally it was used in the basilica of maxentius in the roman forum marble is still the island s primary export.