Corinth Object: A 2007 2a | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | A 2007 2a | | Title: | | ROMAN WALL PAINTING | | Category: | | Architecture | | Category Code: | | A | | Year: | | 2007 | | Object Number: | | 2 | | Object Suffix: | | a | | Related Objects: | | A 2007 2B A 2007 2C A 2007 2D A 2007 2E A 2007 2F | | Description: | | Wall plaster with painted surface (Th.0.004) on thick mudbrick/pise substratum. Brushstrokes and toolmarks barely discernible in plaster surface. | | Decoration: | | Surface painted with dark red ground, on which is painted a section (torso?) of a figure draped in blue fabric, possibly a maenad. Body parts depicted in added white paint. A green vegetal motif runs behind the figure. All colors now heavily distorted by fire. Cf. A-1997-4 (Lepinski, S. Diss. Cat. 2.26). | | Material: | | Plaster layer over mudbrick substratum, with frequent medium to large black and brown pebble inclusions. | | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., broken on all sides. Fire damage and heavy discoloration, especially visible on mudbrick substratum. | | 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 1227
Basket: Nezi Field, context 5135
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