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Title Ridge Pole Tile with Abstract Akroterion
Primary photo False
Photo Type Cataloged Artifact
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  • 30894
  • 28344
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Description Ridge pole tile with flat, "cut-out" type abstract akroterion: tile is simple semicircular shape with raised edges of clay roughly modeled into rope type pattern; long sides of tile are finished at bottom with slightly vertical edges of uneven height. At one end of tile is flat sided section of terracotta forming a cut-out akroterion roughly perpendicular to tile, but actually curved to one side; shape is roughly triangular with rounded bottom corners and pointed tip, with cut-out triangle inside, and with arched and inward curving limbs springing from upper section triangle on each side - the non joining akroterion fragment is one of the curved pointed tips of the limbs.
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Anthony Tuck. (2012) "19700344_2010_002.jpg from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 6E (2)/1970, ID:442/PC 19700344". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/media/2dbd902e-a27b-4b9e-6daf-fb3f2e57c6dd> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2jw8b828

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