Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | A 2007 3a | |
Title: | ROMAN WALL PAINTING | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | A | |
Year: | 2007 | |
Object Number: | 3 | |
Object Suffix: | a | |
Description: | Wall plaster with painted surface (Th.0.004) on thick mudbrick/pise substratum. Brushstrokes and toolmarks discernible in plaster surface. Jagged groove from compass clearly visible on surface. | |
Decoration: | Wallplaster is painted with a white ground, over which is painted a large red circle (within the limits of the compass groove). 2 applied yellow bands radiate from red circle over the white ground. | |
Material: | Plaster layer over mudbrick substratum, with frequent medium to large black and brown pebble inclusions. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Two joined frgts., of painted wall plaster over mudbrick/pise substrate. Heavy fire damage and discoloration. | |
Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 5135, LOT 2007 031 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2013 1226 Basket: Nezi Field, context 5135 |