A final category of concealed reuse is the incorporation of sculpture into ‘statue walls’ by late-antique and medieval builders
Unfortunately, this activity was generally successful durante permanently concealing the original imagery. Either the walls remain intact, continuing to guard their secrets, or the recoveries are too fragmentary preciso interpret. Archaeological investigation or fortuitous rebuilding and renovation has, however, overcome these impediments at some sites, permitting Rotoplot Coates-Stephens ( Reference Coates-Stephens, Bauer and Witschel 2007) preciso describe a broad gamut of the iconographical types and chronological periods involved, including pagan idols, private portraits and architectural elements extending from the Hellenistic period to the fourth century. More