Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FA 177 | |
Title: | ROMAN ANTEFIX | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FA | |
Object Number: | 177 | |
Description: | Antefix with palmette (missing), below which 2 petals with incised midrib, turned down; below central petal a calyx-shaped form, below which part of a small palmette with tall central petal; to lt. of this an elaborate curling tendril with petals and poss. bell-shaped flower to lower lt. | |
Decoration: | Traces of black paint on background. | |
Material: | Buff clay fired light red at core, with tiny red mudstone inclusions, frequent. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly pinker than 10YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of left edge with base of palmette, start of lower plaque; broken just to right of central axis. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.09 W00.12 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | ? Early Roman ? | |
Area: | North of Temple Hill | |
Context: | North of Temple Hill, Exact provenance unknown | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: North of Temple Hill Image: bw 1998 005 25 Basket: North of Temple Hill, Exact provenance unknown |