Fragment Painted Plaster

Item

Title
Fragment Painted Plaster
Inventory Number
A0173
From Date
-25
To Date
100
Description
Fairly thick fragment with flat surface where original back preserved. Primary wall surface painted plain green; single decorative ?h/v band pres: background yellow with borders of narrow black red and white stripes with traces of solid black band or panel toward broken edge of one side; within band decoration in black, probably originally consisting of elongated, sword-like elements separated by lozenge-shaped elements terminating in opposing loops.
State of Preservation
Irregularly quadrilateral fragment with all edges broken. Paint badly worn.
Height
11.36 cm
Width
10.87 cm
Color
Wall body ca 5Y 8/1 (white); green background 5G 7/2 (pale green); added red 7.5R 6/4 (pale red); added yellow 2.5Y 7/4 (pale yellow); added white ca 5Y 8/1 (white).
Type
wall decoration
Material
painted plaster