| Inventory Number: A 880 |
| Section Number: Β 1956 |
| Title: Antefix Fragment: Painted |
| Category: Architecture Terracotta |
Description: Lower part of Tholos antefix and much of the carrying tile remain; the whole restored in plaster on the model of A 865 (Ζ 1541).
The tile is large and flat, expanding rapidly toward the back , channeled on the underside to fit over its neighbors. On its top are rude transverse scratchings. The face of the antefix in its lower part is decorated with a small central and two small lateral palmettes connected by scrolls, in red figures technique, details in added purple. Purple covers the edges of the antefix and a band across the bottom of its face.
The tile is of buff clay, surfaced with yellow. |
| Notes: Cf. neg. no. XVI-95, Ptg. 333, PD 71. |
| Context: From filling of northern roasting pit, beneath north annex of Tholos. |
| Notebook Page: 2556 |
| Storage: North Basement-Architecture, Block 17/6 |
| Negatives: Leica, 8-107, VII-12, IX-62 |
| PD Numbers: Ptg. 217, Ptg. 333 |
| Dimensions: W. (antefix at bottom of face) 0.22; P.L. (tile) 0.36; Rest. L. (tile) 0.84; Rest. H. (tile) 0.306 |
| Material: Terracotta |
| Date Of Discovery: 22 April 1938 |
| Section: Β |
| Grid: G-H 11 |
| Building: Tholos |
| Deposit: G 11:6 |
| Bibliography: Camp (2007), p. 58, fig. 70. |
| Hooton (2007), p. 37, fig. 50. |
| Guide (1990), p. 52, fig. 22. |
| Camp (1986), p. 76. |
| AgoraPicBk 21 (1984), p. 27, fig. 52. |
| Travlos (1971), p. 559, fig. 698. |
| Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 65 ff. |
| Agora XIV, p. 43, pl. 35 a. |
