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- Title
FINCHES, FLOWERS AND FRUIT: PAINTED WALL PLASTER FROM 2nd-CENTURY BUILDINGS AT 8--13 LIME STREET, LONDON, EC3.
- Authors
Betts, Ian; Telfer, Alison
- Abstract
An excavation at 8--13 Lime Street, London, EC3, revealed remains from two successive Roman buildings, both dating to the middle of the 2nd century ad. A spread of mortar associated with the earlier building contained fragments of wall plaster and small white tesserae. A large section of painted wall plaster, from an internal wall in the later building, was found where it had fallen onto the remains of a tessellated floor. The central, decorative panel of this mosaic floor had been removed prior to the demolition or collapse of the wall. The superior quality of the painted wall plaster indicates that this was a property with impressive décor, as would befit a residential house beside the forum and basilica complex. Several panels of the wall plaster have been pieced together and a hypothetical reconstruction suggested for a room decorated with vertical panels of painted flowers, birds, grapes and candelabra, and a horizontal frieze showing a procession of animals.
- Subjects
EXCAVATION; DECORATIVE plasterwork; BUILDING repair
- Publication
Transactions of the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society, 2018, Vol 69, p27
- ISSN
0076-0501
- Publication type
Article