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Frieze with vegetation decoration

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Coptic architectural elements are often decorated with friezes with vegetation decoration (vines, acanthus, or palms). This fragment of a frieze is decorated with circular vines in the midst of which are bunches of grapes; in the centre of the spirals one bunch of 5 grapes and one of 3 grapes can be seen.

Present location

KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS

Inventory number

E.8066

Dating

COPTIC PERIOD

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

FRIEZE

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

HIGH RELIEF; HEWN

Height

35 cm

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