Rome / stone fragment / Marble

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.2022
Object Name: stone fragment
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Sarcophagi
Materials: Marble
Length: 6.2;
Width: 4.8;
Height: 14.4;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Pure white, compact texture, sparkly. Fine small grain: no polished surface. Marmor Porinum(?). Cracked a bit; some yellow brown patina and gray staining.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Rome
Countermark: no
Publication Title: History and Uses of Limestone and Marbles; Handbook of Ancient Roman Marbles
Publication Author: Burnham, S. M.; Pullen, H. W.
Publication Year: 1883; 0000
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.2022
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2022/dsc_5470.jpg

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Full citation: "Rome; stone fragment; Marble." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2022/dsc_5470.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.