Part of roof-gutter

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 9465

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Architectural member

Period

Archaic Period

Date

550-540 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.045 m
Length: 0.085 m
Width: 0.095 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 5, Νο 4

Description
Bibliography

Part of a roof-gutter made of clay. It is a raking sima belonging to the upper side of a pediment. Initially it bore painted decoration but only part of a double braid motif rendered on a dark, red background has survived.

Buschor, E., Die Tondacher der Akropolis, II, Leipzig, 1929-1933, σελ. 8, εικ. 9
Le Roy, Ch., Topographie et architecture Les terres cuites architecturales., Fouilles de Delphes, II, Paris, 1962, σελ. 45, εικ. 7.98, 12.9
Ανδρεάδη, Η., Βλασσοπούλου, Χ. (επιμ.), Πήλινες διακοσμημένες κεραμώσεις από την Αθηναϊκή Ακρόπολη, Κέντρο Μελετών Ακροπόλεως, Αθήνα, 1989, σελ. 14, αρ. κατ. 23