Object: A 856
Inventory Number: A 856
Section Number: Ζ 1532
Title: Roof Tile Fragment
Category: Architecture Terracotta
Description: A diamond shaped Tholos tile, both points missing.
A symmetrical diamond, its obtuse angels truncated. Its lower part is flat above, channeled below so as to serve as a covering tile; its upper part is flat below, flanged above so as to serve as a rain tile. The upper surface is rubbed and scratched.
Buff clay tempered with crushed tile. Surfaced on top and sides with fine clay of the same color.
Context: Tholos Trench F, Kitchen Dump.
Notebook Page: 1863, 2432
Storage: North Basement-Architecture, Block 17/7
Negatives: Leica, XVI-94
Dimensions: Rest. L. 1.275; W. (certain) 0.638; Th. 0.04
Material: Terracotta
Date Of Discovery: 7 June 1937
Section: Ζ
Elevation: -1.6--1.6m.
Building: Tholos
Deposit: H 12:6
Bibliography: Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 65 ff.
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