Architectural Frieze Fragment

Title: Architectural Frieze Fragment
Inventory Number: A0190
From Date: -99
To Date: 100
Description: Fragment from top of plaque with h relief band of bead and reel separating top edge from main section of plaque; plaque finished with alternating 9-petaled palmettes and lotus; on main section intertwined tails of fish with opposing tail-fins above which pres base of trident in low relief; at finished edge of plaque part of lotus with a stem of grain between outer petal and central section. Traces of white slip on front; small patches of white incrustation on front, considerable white incrustation on flat back surfaces.
State of Preservation: Approximately rectangular fragment with projecting palmette; one side edge finished, bottom edge and other side edge broken, most of top edge except for top edge of palmette broken off with some chipping of top edge of palmette at finished edge.
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 14.9 cm
Color: Clay body 5YR 6/8 (reddish yellow); surface 5YR 8/4 (pink).
Notes: Slide Coll
Type: wall decoration
Material: fired clay

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