One of the two identical dadoes made in the form of a pedestal now in the Capitoline Museum, found at the time of Alexander VII in the excavations which are still being carried out around the Pyramid,  from Le Antichità Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 42
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Le Antichità Romane, tome 3
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Angelo Rotili
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome| 
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: published 1756–57
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 21 1/4 x 30 5/16 in. (54 x 77 cm)
plate: 22 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (56.5 x 40 cm) printed horizontally
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941