Roman fresco fragments, 1st century AD
Plaster
Fragments range from 3-9cm
11232
£ 2,800
Fifteen polychrome fresco fragments. The surface is consolidated, some fragments recomposed, dark staining throughout.
Glevum became a colonia in 96-98 AD after its abandonment as a military headquarters, and was probably laid out on the normal grid pattern within a walled rectangle, bordering the legionary fortress. At the time it was comparable in size to Lincoln.
Glevum became a colonia in 96-98 AD after its abandonment as a military headquarters, and was probably laid out on the normal grid pattern within a walled rectangle, bordering the legionary fortress. At the time it was comparable in size to Lincoln.
Provenance
From excavations at Bell Lane, Glevum, Gloucestershire, 1966-1967, pen and ink inscribed labelSimon Neal, UK
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