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Description: | A semi-circular Roman clay roof tile fragment, probably originating from a high-status building such as a villa (G. Brodribb; 1987; pp. 29-31).
The object is an antefix, a decorative cap added to the open ends of the roof's lowest course of imbrex tiles. The front has a pair of deep grooves which follow the curving outer edge. Traces of what appear to be red paint adorn much of the outer face, and on top of the paint are traces of white mortar. The presence of the mortar may indicate that there was once an adjoining decorative attachment. On the reverse, the top half of the tile shows dark burn marks, which may have originated in the kiln when it was fired, or perhaps suggest that the building suffered some fire damage. Around the perimeter is a damaged lug. When complete, this lug would probably have slotted into the open end of the imbrex. With its frequent crushed shell inclusions, the fabric of the tile is typical of the nearby kilns at Harrold, Bedfordshire.
The object measures 65.1mm long, 99.2mm wide, 19.4mm thick, and weighs 163.63g. | Subjects: | Antefix | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Laakso, Laura | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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