Pompeii / Fresco Fragment / Plaster or mortar / Paint

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0298
Object Name: Fresco Fragment
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Stucco (molded)
Materials: Plaster or mortar; Paint
Design Style: “1st- 2nd style” cent.
Length: 27.5
Width: approx.: 22.0
Height: Thickness: 1.2
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Six irregularly shaped pale pink pieces of stucco with three thin (approx., .50 cm), dark red stripes. Glued together.; Marks: Surface dirty and pitted.
Verbatim Date: 2nd C BC to 79 AD
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Pompeii
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Publication Title: Pompeii, Its Life and Art
Publication Author: Mau, A: trans. Kelsey, F. W.
Publication Year: 0000
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0298
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0298/0000_00_0298

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Full citation: "Pompeii; Fresco Fragment; Plaster or mortar; Paint." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0298/0000_00_0298. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 01, 2024.