This study proposes a new reconstruction of the tripod that Pausanias (1.18.8) recorded in the Olympieion at Athens. According to his brief description, the bronze tripod was supported by Persians made from Phrygian marble. A sculptor's sketch found during the excavations of the Athenian Agora is identified as a representation of that monument. The sketch, carved from poros limestone, depicts a standing male figure dressed in eastern attire supporting the foot of a tripod. The figural type finds its closest parallels among the colossal statues from the Forum of Trajan in Rome, suggesting a new date and context for the monument in the Olympieion. The scenario favoured here is that the tripod was dedicated following Trajan's victories in Parthia, perhaps completed or commissioned by Hadrian. Cassius Dio (68.17.2) records that Trajan departed for his Parthian campaigns from Athens, where memories of Persian defeat were actively curated.

这项研究提出了对 Pausanias（1.18.8）在雅典奥林匹克运动会上记录的三脚架的新重建。根据他的简要描述，青铜鼎是由波斯人用弗里吉亚大理石制成的。在雅典集市的挖掘过程中发现的雕塑家的草图被认为是该纪念碑的代表。该草图由波罗斯石灰石雕刻而成，描绘了一个身着东方服装的站立男性人物，支撑着三脚架的脚。这种人物造型与罗马图拉真广场的巨型雕像最为相似，这表明奥林匹亚神庙的纪念碑有一个新的日期和背景。这里推荐的场景是，该三脚架是在图拉真在帕提亚取得胜利后专用的，可能是由哈德良完成或委托建造的。卡西乌斯·迪奥（Cassius Dio，68.17.2）记录了图拉真从雅典启程前往帕提亚征战，在那里人们积极地整理了有关波斯失败的记忆。