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Porfido Nero "Porissima Specie", Corsi. Bought at Thermae of Caracalla
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Flat stone sample of porfido nero. Three of the four sides appear to be cut; two are parallel to each other and one runs diagonally between them. The fourth side is uneven. This may have been a wall or floor tile, since the thickness is an even 1 cm throughout. The majority of the stone is black with vivid green inclusions. Both sides of the stone are highly polished and flat.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
George J. Pfeiffer and Rachel Hartwell Pfeiffer Cambridge MA (by 1905) gift; to the Department of the Classics Harvard University Cambridge MA (1905-1977) transfer; to the Fogg Museum 1977.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
Title: Porfido Nero "Porissima Specie", Corsi. Bought at Thermae of Caracalla
Description:
Flat stone sample of porfido nero.
Three of the four sides appear to be cut; two are parallel to each other and one runs diagonally between them.
The fourth side is uneven.
This may have been a wall or floor tile, since the thickness is an even 1 cm throughout.
The majority of the stone is black with vivid green inclusions.
Both sides of the stone are highly polished and flat.
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