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| 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
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