Reattaching the Finger of a Roman Emperor

After 500 Years, an Ancient Bronze Hand Is Rejoined to a Finger

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A statue of Emperor Constantine has regained a 38cm-long finger after 500 years. Only the head and the left hand of the emperor’s statue had survived, and they were on display at the Capitoline Museums in Rome. Two segments of the statue’s index finger had gone missing long ago, and it seemed they would never be found. But 10 years ago, it was discovered that a bronze finger at the Louvre (which had once been thought to be a toe) fit perfectly with the severed left hand of the Constantine statue. And at last, the finger has returned to Rome. To mark the 550th anniversary of the Capitoline Museums’ opening, the emperor’s hand and finger and his enormous head have been brought together on display. The emperor’s statue stands next to the symbol of Rome, the famous statue of the children suckling at the she-wolf. When and how exactly the statue’s finger was severed is still under investigation (translator’s note: if it was 500 years ago, wouldn’t that be the Sack of Rome?).