Rome / architectural fragment / Marble / Plaster or mortar

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.2179
Object Name: architectural fragment
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Inorganic specimens
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar
Length: 3.7;
Width: 14.6;
Height: 21.6;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;1388
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Light straw yellow (=”paglia”) flushed with deeper yellow; with long band of finely veined purple; one thick vein of deep golden brown; fades to pink-yellow on one edge; diamond-shaped piece; is not Brecciato. A few tiny chips on surface; much concrete clinging to back.; Giallo antico. Roman name: Marmor Numidicum (marble from Numidia). From Chemtou, Tunisia.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Rome
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Case 37 - Roman Construction B Drawer
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
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
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
File Size: 236 KB
Record: 0000.00.2179
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2179/0000_00_2179p02.tif

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Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:0000.00.2179:0000_00_2179P02.TIF

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Full citation: "Rome; architectural fragment; Marble; Plaster or mortar." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2179/0000_00_2179p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.

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