acroterion
- Museum number
- 1886,0401.31
- Description
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Fragment of a limestone angle palmette, probably of an acroterion. Upper part of an angle palmette, worked below with a flat bed and a rebate. The fragment shows an angle leaf and one or two additional leaves of a palmette that are set on a flat relief ground. The top and back surface are rounded. The bottom surface shows a straight join and remains of a lead dowel. Traces of paint were found. The fragment was made of a grey limestone.
- Production date
- 575BC - 560BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.50 centimetres (max)
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Height: 8 centimetres
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Thickness: 8 centimetres
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Thickness: 8.50 centimetres
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Width: 10.50 centimetres
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Width: 9.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This angle fragment was probably used as a mending piece, since join and pin were found on the bottom surface. The shape of the palmate seems to be late Archaic and from the context of a small architecture (altar, base, stele). Petrie allocated this fragment to the first temple of Apollo (Koenigs 2007, 335f. Cat. 31), however, this cannot apply to this fragment due to its small size and the late archaic character of the palmette.
Published (Koenigs 2007, 342 Cat. 38; Petrie 1886, Pl. 14 A)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1886,0401.31
