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Section of an Architectural Frieze (one of four pieces)

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

Architectural Elements