b660-A296

Item

Find Number

b660-A296

Item Type

Find Card

Object Type

Building Feature

House III (Excavation III); North-South Street

Area

Gate, over mosaic pavement

Description

Volute of Ionic capital of a corner column.Buff limestone. Soft, yellow. Fine carving.
max. d.: .24.
Diam of eye = 0.032
Deep and slightly channeled carving of spiral.
An anthemia leaf decorates the underside (three leaves to the side) [sketch] and a bead and reel decorates the corners (edges). This joins up in one row and finishes below the abacus.
Width of bead and reel = 0.012. After this there is a (0.012) band to the edge of the spiral.
Deep and rich carving.

Date on card

Related image number(s)

N29/34, 4389

Card feature

Image attached, Pencil sketch

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