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Section of an Architectural Frieze

Section of an Architectural Frieze

Coptic

Section of an architectural frieze decorated in high, blocky relief. An animal of diminutive size, perhaps a deer, moves among acanthus leaves. Lower portion of block is rounded in the manner of an ovolo molding.

Limestone

Byzantine period

Architectural Elements