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Collection: | | Corinth | Type: | | Object | Name: | | FA 51 | Title: | | TERRACOTTA PALMETTE ANTEFIX | Category: | | Architecture | Category Code: | | FA | Object Number: | | 51 | Description: | | Antefix with plain band across bottom, ridge above; above this two antithetical tendrils rise from lower corners of plaque, turning in nearly horizontally, then curling out with two antithetic tendrils curling out from either stalk. Below this 5-petal palmette, pendant, from two petals; central petal round, next two long. Base of heart at upper break. | Material: | | Moderately coarse clay with scattered black, red inclusions, fired light tan at surface, red at core. | Munsell Color: | | Near 10YR 8/3 or slightly pinker | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., lower half antefix plaque, from bottom to base of heart; top of neck. Left edge chipped. | Dimensions Actual: | | W00.198 | Dimensions Preserved: | | H00.140 | Period: | | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | Chronology: | | Augustan or later ? | Context: | | , Provenance unknown | Provenance: | | Corinth | Site: | | Corinth | City: | | Ancient Corinth | Country: | | Greece | References: | | Basket: , Provenance unknown
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