| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | FA 16 | |
| Title: | ARCHAIC PALMETTE ANTEFIX FROM CORINTHIAN COMBINATION TILE | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | FA | |
| Object Number: | 16 | |
| Description: | Archaic palmette antefix at end of triangular cover, providing rectangular base below free-standing 7-petal palmette. Palmette with 7 petals alternating red and black on light ground, central petal black, spherical-triangular center bordered in broad black arch, rising above thick stems caught by a band. Stems form ogee arch, then flare, and curled ends form rounded on edge to vertical base profile. Three leaves hang below band that gathers the stems. Close to A-16, A-12, A-102. | |
| Material: | Clay: yellowish, with black frages; slip greenish yellow. | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: (surface slip) 2.5Y 8/3-7.3, 2.5Y 8/3 to 5Y 7.5/3, (ckw?) 2.5Y 8/1; Pink Clay: 5YR 7/6 where freshly rubbed; Red Paint: 10R 4/3 where ?; Black: SYR 3/1.5 | |
| Condition: | Tip broken, broken from pan and calipter. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W. of calipter at base 0.265; W. of palmette 0.195m. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. ca. 0.25 (not complete) | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Area: | Early Excavations | |
| Context: | Early Excavations, Provenance unknown | |
| Findspot Description: | cf. Cor. drawing 1088. | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth, IV, I, p. 49; Van Buren, p. 147 (13), no. 111; ΣΤΗΛΗ, Kontoleon Festschrift, 1978. p. 348, n. 13; Hesp. 1990, p. 55, p.61; Cited Winter Archterr | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Roebuck, Hesperia 59:1, 1990 Publication: Williams, Demaratus and Early Corinthian ... 1978b Publication: Winter, Greek Architectural Terracottas: ... 1994 Monument: Early Excavations |
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