Architectural Frieze Fragment

Item

Title
Architectural Frieze Fragment
Inventory Number
A0168
From Date
-25
To Date
100
Description
Quadrangular fragment with relief head of youthful male wearing flat fillet with uraeus above forehead; face modeled in Early Classical style; hair in roll back from forehead with curls hanging down back of neck with incised lines articulating masses in roll and curls and running across crown . Traces of object held before face. Background painted blue, no clear traces of other colors.
State of Preservation
All edges broken, break removing chin and lower ends of pendent curls. Blue paint badly worn.
Height
8.66 cm
Width
8.4 cm
Color
Clay body 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow); shading to surface 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown).
Notes
Slide Coll
Type
architecture
Material
fired clay