Location: Main hall. 

Name: Fragment of a mural painting

Chronology: 2nd century A.D.

Production site: Silla (Valencia)

Material: Frescoed stucco

Dimensions: 10 x 10 cm

Use and function: Decoration of the most important rooms in the house

Description: Fragment of mural painting made from frescoed stucco. It shows a copper-coloured arm on a black background, which we can deduce from a human-shaped body. It seems to be holding something, which cannot be identified from the small fragment preserved. It is a mural painting that belongs to one of the rooms of a Roman villa in Silla.

Provenance of find: Silla. Archaeological site of Mas de Baix. 2010