Object: A 170

Inventory Number:   A 170
Section Number:   Ι 208
Title:   Antefix
Category:   Architecture Marble
Description:   Dimensions fully preserved; lower corners and a few chips missing.
At the bottom of the back surface are two triangular cuttings apparently for fitting to the roof tile.
In low relief: petaled palmette rising from acanthus bed.
Pentelic marble.
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Context:   Modern house wall.
Storage:   Shelves East of Stoa, Ε-2
Negatives:   Leica, XXXV-97
Dimensions:   H. 0.38; W. 0.25; Th. 0.134; D. (cuttings) 0.058
Material:   Enamel
Dates Excavated:   5 April 1933
Date Of Discovery:   5 Apr 1933
Section:   Ι
Building:   Odeion
Bibliography:   Hesperia 19 (1950), p. 53, pl. 39 b.
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Excavations in the Athenian Agora are conducted by the American School of Classical Studies.
Primary funding is provided by the Packard Humanities Institute (PHI).