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Roman Scorpio
The Pantheon · Stop No. 88

Roman Scorpio

Put a pin in it
Era
Imperial Rome, under Scorpio
Provenance
The zodiac, eighth house
Medium
Ink on cotton, starfield
Edition
Open edition

A legionary shares the frame with a scorpion holding an actual pin, in the Archive's most literal act of project management. Scorpio was the emblem of the Praetorian Guard, who also specialized in tabling matters indefinitely. Some agenda items were emperors.

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