Fragment Painted Plaster

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  • General: Thin fragment w white background on which painted pair of broad yellow ?v/ stripes, one of which overlaid w brownish triangles, between which ca square frame composed of concentric stripes: broad red, narrow yellow, possibly originally overlaid w red, broad green with annular green oval in center. Traces of contiguous square on one side & curving black stripe at one broken edge. Back flat w couple of chunks of wall adhering.
  • General: Thin fragment w white background on which painted pair of broad yellow ?v/ stripes, one of which overlaid w brownish triangles, between which ca square frame composed of concentric stripes: broad red, narrow yellow, possibly originally overlaid w red, broad green with annular green oval in center. Traces of contiguous square on one side & curving black stripe at one broken edge. Back flat w couple of chunks of wall adhering.
Title
Fragment Painted Plaster
Inventory Number
A0181
Date Acquired
1909
Source
Magoffin
Provenance
Rome, ?Porta Salaria, ? Porta Pia
From Date
-25
To Date
100
Description
General: Thin fragment w white background on which painted pair of broad yellow ?v/ stripes, one of which overlaid w brownish triangles, between which ca square frame composed of concentric stripes: broad red, narrow yellow, possibly originally overlaid w red, broad green with annular green oval in center. Traces of contiguous square on one side & curving black stripe at one broken edge. Back flat w couple of chunks of wall adhering.
State of Preservation
Triangular fragment w all edges broken. Paint worn and surface encrusted w dirt.
Height
13.85 cm
Width
10.36 cm
Color
Wall body ca 5YR 8/1 (white); background dead white under incrustation 2.5YR 6/2 (light brownish gray; yellow 2.5YR 7/8 (yellow); brownish 10YR 5/3 (brown/dark brown); red 5R 5/6 (red); green 5B 5/1 (bluish gray); black 5YR 4/1 (dark gray).
Type
wall decoration
Material
painted plaster

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