Nautilus Frieze

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Title

Nautilus Frieze

Subject

Fragments preserving lower border of blue, red and black bands, with incised lines between the bands, immediately above the preserved lower edge of plaster. On white ground above the border are parts of two nautili proceeding to left; one is yellow with aquamarine tentacles; the other is aquamarine with tentacles that are more red than yellow.

Description

Catalogue number: 5 F nw
Dimensions: h. 0.18 m., w. 0.14 m., th. 0.045 m.
Find spot: Outside palace to northwest

Source

Lang (2015) p. 150, pls. 84, I

Files

5 F nw.PNG
5 F nw (2).PNG

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Citation

“Nautilus Frieze,” Pylos, accessed May 4, 2026, https://pylospalace-wallpaintingprogram.artinterp.org/items/show/138.

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