Antefix

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 10141

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Architectural member

Period

Roman Period

Date

1st cent. BC-3rd cent. AD

Dimensions

Height: 0.257 m
Length: 0.193 m
Width: 0.12 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 2, No 129

Description
Bibliography

Antefix broken off at the base and top. It was retrieved on the south slope of the Acropolis. It is decorated with relief floral motifs (a palmette rising from curled tendrils). Parts of the surface retain traces of light-coloured slip.

Buschor, E., Die Tondacher der Akropolis, II, Leipzig, 1929-1933, σελ. 59, 60, εικ. 78, 82, αρ. κατ. XXVII