Museum of London Archaeology

   

This month’s winner with an incredible 100% of votes, goes to the fabulous fragment of Roman painted wall plaster from Dominant House excavations in 1988 (DMT88)

Roman walls were usually decorated with large panels, within which were individual images of people, fruit, flowers or whatever the householder wanted on their wall. Colours were created using various pigments and on occasions we find chunks of wall, that have two or three layers of painted plaster, where they’ve redecorated their room!

In 2007, new excavations in Lime Street discovered more fantastic wall plaster fragments, some of the best ever found in the country. Both excavations shed light on Roman interior decoration. Changing Rooms, eat your heart out!

For more information about DMT88 visit LAARC’s online catalogue and search for DMT88

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/laarc/catalogue/