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19 Pieces of a Voussoir Arch

19 Pieces of a Voussoir Arch

Coptic

Architectural fragments with three registers, all decorated in relief: the upper register contains a laurel garland and is bordered on its top edge by a narrow fillet, the middle register contains a cross-based maeander pattern with intervening stylized crocuses, and the lower register contains a simple row of oval beads.

Limestone

Byzantine period

Architectural Elements