Architectural Frieze Fragment

Item

Title

Architectural Frieze Fragment

Inventory Number

A0162

From Date

-25

To Date

100

Description

Thick heavy fragment with deep depression at back from which back wall curves up towards edge which is broken off in top three quarters but has finished edges at bottom and toward front surface. Relief decoration on front:

State of Preservation

Broken off on one end and top and at back portion of other end. Slip and paints badly worn. Chipped on surfaces of garlands, bulls’ heads and rosettes; sporadic chipping elsewhere, heaviest at bottom edge.

Height

12.47 cm

Length

19.3 cm

Color

Clay body ca 10R 6/6 (light red); slip dead white; paint: 7.5YR 6/6 (light red), ca 2.5Y 8/8 (yellow), ca 5BG 7/1 (light greenish gray).

Notes

Slide Coll

Material