| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | FA 560 | |
| Title: | ARCHAIC TRIANGULAR ANTEFIX | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | FA | |
| Object Number: | 560 | |
| Description: | Triangular antefix with sloping edges meeting at ca. 130 degree angle at top, flat ridge on upper edges. Front face flat with decoration in very low relief: palmette with five petals, painted alternatly red and black. Outward spiralled "S" shaped tendrils below the palmette, black with a narrow band at base in red. Red eye in center. Triangular shaped heart of palmette painted red, with black arc above. Edges of antefix painted red. | |
| Material: | Coarse hard-fired clay with reddish brown inclusions, fired unevenly. Creamy slip on face with black and red paint. | |
| Munsell Color: | From 7.5YR 8/4 pink to very pale brown 10YR 8/4. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment broken at bottom and back. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.067, W. 0.100, Th. 0.028 | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Area: | Temple Hill east | |
| Context: | NB652 B22 P136 | |
| Findspot Description: | FIB687 no. 899 | |
| Bibliography: | Roebuck, Hesperia 1990, p. 53 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Roebuck, Hesperia 59:1, 1990 Monument: Temple Hill east Image: bw 1978 062 16 Basket: NB652 B22 P136 Notebook Page: NB 141, spread 78 (pp. 111 - 112) Notebook Page: NB 652, spread 73 (p. 136) |
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