Object: A 211

FieldValue
Inventory NumberA 211
Section NumberΘ 1476
TitleAntefix with Mason's Mark: Plastic
CategoryArchitecture Terracotta
DescriptionFull height preserved; width and thickness of the antefix preserved, the cover tile broken off at the back.
The nine-petalled palmette, in low relief, rises from an acanthus bed; below this decoration the undecorated lower part of the piece is cut back about 0.048m. as if to rest against the sima. At the bottom is a semi-circular cutting to enable the piece to be fitted over the meeting edges of the roof-tiles.
On the back of the antefix, a probable mason's mark, Α Ι Ι, painted in red. Traces of white paint on the petals and black on the background between them.
Middle Stoa.
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ContextWell. 3rd c. A.D.
StorageNorth Basement-Architecture, Block 18/7
NegativesLeica, XXXIII-82, XXXI-92, 84-48
PD NumbersPD 1478
DimensionsH. ca. 0.438; W. (at bottom) 0.193
MaterialTerracotta
Date Of Discovery24 May 1933
SectionΘ
GridΘ:34/ΛΑ
ElevationCa. -10.35m.
Longitude23.722662
Latitude37.974735
BuildingMiddle Stoa
DepositJ 12:2
BibliographyHesperia 19 (1950), p. 127, pl. 37 c.
 Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 151, pl. 38.2.
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