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
Type
architecture
Material
fired clay

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