2381, Cumae, Necropolis

Record number: 2381
Site: Cumae
Building or zone: Necropolis
Roof element: Antefixes, floral
Remarks: Floral antefix with upright palmette surrounded by shell frame. Complete cover tile with recessed tongue-shaped flange (D 2.8, W 12, H ca. 6.5), set 2.5 below top edge. Recessed base. Th plaque 2.8. Square knotch cut from cover tile lower right side edge in cream part of cover tile just before beginning of black, 25.5 from front.
Bibliography: Rescigno 1998a, p.207, no. C2109.32, fig. 11, p. 324
Publication record: Tetti Campani. Età arcaica. Cuma, Pitecusa e gli altri contesti
Type of decoration: Upright palmette surrounded by shell frame
Current Collection: Museo Nazionale: 125984
Mouldmade: yes
Height: 15.5
Width: 19.7
MPD: 62.5
Clay: 5YR 6/6
Paint: Back 30 cm painted black, front cream. Palmette cream with red outlines.
Condition: Complete
Convex strigil: yes
Height palmette: 7.8
Width palmette: 12
Type shell: Strigil
Width shell: 4.3
Convex: yes
Width fascia: 1
Torus or flat: flat
Height antefix base: 1
Outer H cover tile: 12
Outer W cover tile: 18

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