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abepputoday at 1:27 AM1 replyview on HN

> It has been exceptionally well preserved because it was reused as a Roman-era paving stone on a colonnaded street

The sculpture is very 3-dimensional. I don't get how it made a good paving stone, or how being used as a paving stone didn't end up conflicting with the "well preserved" part more.


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crossroadsguytoday at 3:27 AM

> The statue was discovered in two parts

So maybe it was about one of those parts and the lower one looks like it could be a decent paving stone.