Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | A 597 | |
Title: | PAINTED FRESCO FROM TOMB: NILOTIC SCENE | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | A | |
Object Number: | 597 | |
Description: | Fresco from walls of chamber, decorated with Nilotic scene. Border consists of broad yellow-brown stripe between black lines, another black stripe further in toward panel. Left to right, three red man, partially dressed, stand on a ground line, facing right but leaning back as they pull a net from blue water. Blue fronds. A man sketchily done in red, wearing a chlamys that covers left shoulder and lower torso, walks to right, carrying pole over left shoulder from which hang two bundles or baskets. Frond. A grotesque ( ? or Pygmy ?) dancing (?) in a small red boat which has a sharp prow and curving stern; holds two crossed sticks in either hand; tree ?; nude man either with a long tail (?) or a long phallus projecting to side, plays long pipes. Fronds. | |
Material: | White plaster | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Numerous joining fragments, broken all edges but preserving part of right and left borders. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 3.75, H. 0.72 | |
Area: | Minor Projects | |
Context: | NB239 P56 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Minor Projects Image: bw 2005 004 14 Image: bw 2005 004 15 Image: bw 2005 004 16 |