| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | FA 361 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA PALMETTE ANTEFIX | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | FA | |
| Object Number: | 361 | |
| Description: | Terracotta palmette antefix. Similar to FA-249. | |
| Decoration: | Eleven-leaf palmette, all round-ended except central leaf which is pointed. Leaves droop slightly downward, palmette heart U-shaped, supported on two S-shaped tendrils with one end turning up and inward, around eyes, supporting palmette; other end down and out, with counter-curving of biforcated end. Upper biforcation has single leaf hanging from it. Central "honeysuckle flower" hanging from between tendril spirals. At either side of honeysuckle is half palmette with 5 leaves. Matt brown-black background; dull red heart of palmette, between leaves of honeysuckle, and at sides of antefix. | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Complete except for lower right corner of antefix, chips missing from top and upper right leaves. Surface worn, red paint not well preserved. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.22 (palmette), Th. 0.175 (palmette) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.338 | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | South Stoa | |
| Findspot Description: | Part of Oscar Broneer's reconstructed South Stoa roof. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa Image: digital 2015 0163 Image: digital 2015 0164 Basket: South Stoa |
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