| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | FA 2002 1 | |
| Title: | ROMAN TERRACOTTA PALMETTE ANTEFIX | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | FA | |
| Year: | 2002 | |
| Object Number: | 1 | |
| Description: | Antefix attached to semi-circular cover tile. Face decorated in relief with eleven-petal palmette, edges shallowly cut to mirror petals. Central petal taller and round-tipped, other petals droop. Oval heart with three vertical relief lines, beneath which two tendrils; lotus (?) flower with petals pointing up is underneath and between the tendrils. Similar to FA-2001-002. | |
| Material: | Coarse clay fired red at core, tan on the surface, with common medium to very large dark red and black inclusions, one visible round pebble (00.013 long) | |
| Munsell Color: | Core: 5YR 6/8; surface: 10YR 8/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Two joining fragments, complete face of antefix, broken at juncture to cover tile; face worn, no paint preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.218 W00.189 (face) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | Depth 00.049 | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Context: | NB951 B107 P191 | |
| NB956 B1 P10, LOT 2002 025 | ||
| LOT 2002 025 | ||
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 2002 052 28a Basket: NB951 B107 P191 Basket: NB956 B1 P10 |
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