Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FA 1998 2 | |
Title: | ROMAN TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FA | |
Year: | 1998 | |
Object Number: | 2 | |
Description: | Antefix attached to semi-circular cover tile; face decorated in relief; 13-petal palmette: all petals short, central petal diamond-shaped with central rib; perimeter cut deeply for center petal and roughly edged for side petals; petals radiate from center frontal face, with low rounded forehead, deeply hollowed eyes, projecting round cheeks, snub nose; face rises from a calyx (?) on a stem, and framed by two leafy branches which spring from either corner below palmettes; raised stud or scroll to either side of face, two more framing stem of calyx.Below these a double horizontal band of pearling, poorly preserved; horizontal rib 0.022 m. below bottom edge. Back flat with off-center rib reinforcing joint to cover and vertical finger strokes in moist clay. Parallels: NB911 B102, FA-170, FA-171, FA-172 (for similar cut), FA-536 and especially FA-575. | |
Material: | Very coarse pinkish clay with rare large angular platy red inclusions and sub-rounded white. | |
Munsell Color: | 7. 5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Preserving complete face and half join to cover tile. Lower corners chipped. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.238 | |
Dimensions Restored: | W00.175 (base) | |
Period: | Roman | |
Chronology: | Context Roman, possibly Late Roman | |
Area: | Panaghia south | |
Context: | NB912 B48 P139 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 1998 020 06 Basket: NB912 B48 P139 Notebook Page: NB 912, spread 76 (pp. 138 - 139) |