Object: A 164

FieldValue
Inventory NumberA 164
Section NumberΖ 361
TitleRoof Tile Fragment: Stamped
CategoryArchitecture Terracotta
DescriptionPreserved along one side, which has a raised edge nearly to one end. Other edges broken.
Coarse brick red clay, with buff slip (?).
Near the edge, the mark of the paw of an animal, made in the soft clay.
Stamped at the center of the tile: Ρ Ι Θ Ε Ω Ν
Μ Ω Ν Ι Σ
Cf. other pieces with the same stamp: A 136, A 164, A 187, SS 113.
Metroon series.
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ContextFrom Great Drain; brown gravel deposit.
StorageNorth Basement-Architecture, Block 23/8
NegativesLeica, 3-162
PD NumbersPD 56
DimensionsP.L. 0.48; P.W. 0.305; W. (raised edge) ca. 0.033, (estimated) 0.56; Th. 0.072; L. (estimated) 0.70; Lett. H. 0.014, (top line) 0.016
MaterialTerracotta
Date Of Discovery3 April 1933
SectionΖ
GridΖ:54/ΚΑ
Longitude23.722275
Latitude37.974858
BuildingMetroon
BibliographyHesperia 6 (1937), p. 192, fig. 117.
 Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 322, fig. 9.
Is Similar ToAgora:Object:A 136
 Agora:Object:A 164
 Agora:Object:A 187
 Agora:Object:SS 113
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