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Fragment of Revetment Plaque
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Fragment of Revetment Plaque

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Italy, most likely found at Rome
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsL: 3 1/2 in. (9.0 cm); W: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm)
MediumPolychrome composite mosaic; cast, cut, polished on the upperside, underside left unpolished, tooling marks on the underside.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.647
Not on View
Collections
  • Glass
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B. C. to A. D. 50, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 665, p. 369.
Early Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - Early 1st century CE
Twenty-five Beads or Appliqués
Probably Late Helladic III, about the fourteenth to twelfth century BCE

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