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Description: | A fragment of wall plaster from a Roman villa. The plaster has a cement-like mortar on the reverse, the front of which has been washed with an off-white plaster. There is the remains of red paint adhering to one corner of plaster. The plaster is a fragment from the Roman villa at Wigginton, known to have flurished during the forth century AD (Henig & Booth 2000). Excavated examples of plaster from the villa show that the walls were painted with a variety of scenes and / or colours, including columns and columnades (ibid).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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