Architectural ElementsCoptic5th century
12 Sections of a Voussoir Arch
5th Century
Description
Architectural fragments with three registers, two of three decorated in relief: the upper register contains an egg-and-leaf pattern and is bordered on its top edge by a narrow undecorated fillet, the middle register contains a cross-based maeander pattern with intervening four-petalled flowers, and the lower register is undecorated.
Provenance
Unknown, formerly of the Kevorkian Collection. Said to be from Bawit.
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