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5351

  • Record number: 5351
  • Roof element: Antefixes, full figure
  • Remarks: Full-figure antefix of Zeus and Ganymede(?). Tall, narrow antefix with finished contour following outline of figures. Semi-nude bearded man to right, frontal, with youth above to left, carried on back, drapery along his right side. Tall, narrow base. High relief, vivid colors. Th plaque 1.8, + relief 6.4. Meniskos hole, Diam 1.9. W wide drapery borders 3. Scar from small semicylindrial cover tile on back at bottom of plaque. Scar from strut. Below cover tile, hollowed base. Strut 13 above top of cover tile, 11 from top edge; oval lengthwise. W knees 11.3. H torso-beard tip 10.6.
  • Type of decoration: Zeus & Ganymede(?)
  • Last Recorded Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum
  • Mouldmade: yes
  • Height: 41
  • Width: 24
  • MPD: 6.9
  • Clay: 2.5YR 5/6
  • Paint: White surface over which colors painted. Pink skin 7.5R 6/6. Black ground, Zeus eyes. Blue on Ganymede drapery 5B 6/1. Wide red drapery borders 7.5R 3/6.
  • Height head: 8.4
  • Height antefix base: 5.1-5.5
  • Width antefix base: 16-17.6
  • Inner H cover tile: 6.5
  • Outer H cover tile: 13.6
  • Inner W cover tile: 10
  • Outer W cover tile: 17
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