Intact segment of cornice block with decorative molding on face. Five horizontal elements in sequence (from top): raised band (H. 0.022), cyma reversa with Lesbian leaf (H. 0.053), fillet (H. 0.017), ovolo with framed egg and dart (H. 0.028), raised band (H. 0.034). Carving is clean but shallow, and design is uneven and schematic. Top, back, and sides are roughly worked where block articulated with adjacent segments of cornice and abutted wall, though no mortar is preserved. Scale and quality of decoration suggest that this piece adorned a small structure or interior space.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves front, back, top, bottom, and right sides, but left side broken obliquely. Slight, extensive abrasion and the upper front and lower right front edges have broad gouges (excavation damage?); slight, sparse encrustation.
