Corinth Object: FA 118
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FA 118
Title:   ROMAN PALMETTE ANTEFIX
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FA
Object Number:   118
Description:   Antefix with neck for attachment over sima. Preserved is part of rectangular plaque at base, decorated with central stem, from which hangs inverted lotus. To either side large S-scrolls, made with double fillets; have top of lt. scroll, most of rt. scroll with upright tendril in upper rt. corner, missing lower rt. corner; flanking lotus two half-palmettes.
Munsell Color:   Slightly redder than 7.5YR 6/5
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving central part of lower plaque; part of bottom edge.
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.112 W00.15
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   ? Early Roman ?
Area:   Old_Julian Basilica ?
Context:   Old_Julian Basilica ?, Exact provenance unknown. Attribution based on sim
Bibliography:   Corinth IV.1 P060
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Old_Julian Basilica ?
Image: bw 1998 002 14
Basket: Old_Julian Basilica ?, Exact provenance unknown. Attribution based on sim