Section of an Architectural Frieze (one of four pieces)
Coptic
Fragmentary architectural frieze decorated in high, flat relief. Stylized acanthus scroll with alternating leaves and seven-petaled rosettes framed by a continuous vine scroll. Plain, narrow fillet, with horizontal incision towards top, forms lower border of block.
Lower border on right-hand segment of 1975.41.92.B, approximately one-quarter of the block's total length, disappears and the entire space is filled with acanthus leaves.
Limestone
Byzantine period