wall relief hairstyle scene roman housewife alabaster plaster Leren arm- & beenbescherming These surcoats were later employed

These surcoats were later employed throughout Europe

and has been tempered to a hardness of 56–58 HRC

among Egyptians and Romans they were even part of medical instruments

but spaulders like these were also commonly used in late-Gothic armor

wall relief hairstyle scene roman housewife alabaster plaster Leren arm- & beenbescherming These surcoats were later employedThis large wall relief shows a scene from everyday life: a Roman housewife having her hair taken care of by a maid. Such domestic scenes provide a vivid picture of life behind the front door in the Roman Empire. The relief is cast in patinated plaster alabaster and is prepared at the back for wall mounting one nail is sufficient.