Pozzuoli / wall painting fragment in frame / Paint / Pigment / Plaster or mortar

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Object Identifier
0000.00.2837
Object Name
wall painting fragment in frame
Object Type
Stucco (molded)
Length
25.7 cm
Width
30 cm
Weight
too heavy for lab scales
Pierced
161
Inscribed
161
Full Artifact Description
Large (approx. 27 cm in length) reddish-gray brown bird with white markings on folded wings and head and knobbed black beak, facing left. Perched on greenish-gray leafy branch; white background. Plastered to form a neat rectangle; surface pitted and colors fading.
Subjects
Bird on branch
Earliest Date
101
Latest Date
250
Verbatim Date
2nd-early 3rd C AD
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Pozzuoli
Production Site
140
Countermark
161
Exhibition Title
Animals in the Kelsey: An Undergraduate Exhibit of Animals in the Ancient World
Upjohn Wall Paintings (title to change)
Wondrous Glass: Reflections on the World of Rome
Exhibition Curator
Alcock, Susan
Gazda, Elaine
Root, Margaret Cool
Exhibition Year
2016
Publication Title
Herculaneum et Pompeii, Vol. 1
Wondrous Glass
Publication Author
Aine, H. Roux
Root, Margaret
Publication Year
0000
1982
Class Title
Roman Republic
Roman Art
Latin 232
Roman Kings and Emperors
Pompeii seminar
Ancient Painting (F2017)
At Home With the Greeks & Romans
First-year Seminar in Classical Civilization
Pompeii (W2019)
What is a Human? Nature and Knowledge Before Modernity (W2019)
Special Topics In History Of Art: Ancient Roman Painting: Image And Abstraction (F2021)
What is a Human? Nature and Knowledge Before Modernity (F2022)
Pompeii (W2023)
Class Instructor
Schultz, Celia
de Brestian, Scott
Caston, Ruth
Berlin, Netta
Markus, Donka
Gazda, Elaine
Nevett, Lisa
Stone, David
Neis, Rafe
Barham, Nicola
Class Department
Classics
Central Michigan University
Latin
History of Art
CLCIV
CLARCH
HISTORY
HISTART
Class Number
302
232
231
394
125.001
121.001
389
497.003
689.004
197.003
Class Year
2014
2015
2016
2017
2019
2021
2022
2023
Class Semester
774
776
Type Category
30

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0000.00.2837
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2837/0000_00_2837p01.tif

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"Pozzuoli; wall painting fragment in frame; Paint; Pigment; Plaster or mortar." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2837/0000_00_2837p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2024.
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