Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FA 391 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA PALMETTE ANTEFIX | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FA | |
Object Number: | 391 | |
Description: | Palmette antefix attached to semi-circular cover tiles. Antefix face decorated with antithetic tendrils, rising from corners of plaque, from acanthus leaf, turning in nearly horizontally, then curving out; at ends, two small spirals drop from acanthus leaf on either side; Below, 5-petal palmette, pendant from two leaves. Above, mushroom shaped heart with lowest petal of palmette to either side. For type, cf. FA-48, FA-390 but with added band at bottom. Fine slip on surface. | |
Material: | Coarse buff clay fired light pink at core, with numerous mudstone inclusions, red and gray - several to 7-12mm. | |
Munsell Color: | Close to 7.5YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving lower half plaque, broken in back; broken at top of heart. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.113 W00.191 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 5668 Basket: Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown |