Tarentum / antefix / Ceramic / Slip
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1969.07.0001
- Object Name
- antefix
- Lot
- Unknown
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Antefix
- Length
- ;
- Width
- 17.5;
- Height
- 16.7;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;1773g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Gazda: Decorative roof-tile cap (antefix). Clay, hand shaped with mold-made decoration. South Italian Greek.
- Subjects
- Female head
- Verbatim Date
- 4th C BC
- Verbatim Provenance
- Italy, South
- Verbatim Site
- Tarentum
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Ancient Terracottas: Lasting Impressions of the Distant Past
- The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Ritual Modern Muse
- Case 08 - South Italian
- Case 26 - Health and Beauty
- Exhibition Curator
- Allen, Marti Lu
- Gazda, Elaine
- Exhibition Year
- 2009
- Publication Title
- The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 1969.07.0001
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1969.07.0001/dscn9368.jpg
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"Tarentum; antefix; Ceramic; Slip". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1969.07.0001/dscn9368.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 26, 2023.