Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FA 404 | |
Title: | ARCHAIC ANTEFIX TO CORINTHIAN COVER TILE | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FA | |
Object Number: | 404 | |
Description: | Corinthian cover tile with antefix, vertical proper right side preserved incomplete, top right sloping surface 0.09 m. wide. Front face has undecorated panel framed by groove along vertical edge rising to spiral at top. Spiral has concave "eye." From under eyey groove runs along top in arc to spiral at center of top of antefix, crowned by stemped-in three-petal palmette. Area of stamped decoration glazed, overfired to dull brown. Tile probably not combination. Close to FA-24. 2nd. Half of 7th c. B.C. | |
Decoration: | On top corners and center rise above top of calyptor. | |
Material: | Badly overfired clay gray to brownish gray interior, mudstone. Over-fired paint having some brown gray. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Proper right corner of calyptor, preserving slightly over 1/2 face. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.128, Depth 0.101 | |
Dimensions Restored: | W. 0.168 | |
Area: | Temple E | |
Context: | Temple E, Picked up on Temple E in spring 1939. | |
Findspot Description: | FIB496 no. 161 | |
Bibliography: | Cited Winter Archterr; Corinth 20, 2003. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Winter, Greek Architectural Terracottas: ... 1994 Monument: Temple E Image: bw 5525 Image: bw 8762 Basket: Temple E, Picked up on Temple E in spring 1939. |