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 |