Agora Object: A 865
Inventory Number:   A 865
Section Number:   Ζ 1541
Title:   Roof Tile
Category:   Architecture Terracotta
Description:   A triangular rain tile from Tholos, its upper edge concave and provided with a low ridge on top; its lateral edges deeply channeled on underside; the spring of an antefix on the fragment nearest the apex is preserved.
Buff clay, tempered with crushed tile and lightly surfaced with yellow clay.
This series is definitely attributed to the Tholos from its style and fabric. All recognizable pieces, A 866 (Ζ1542), A 867 (Ζ 1543) and A 868 (Ζ 1544), are catalogued herewith.
Restored in plaster with antefix.
Context:   Tholos Trench F, Kitchen Dump.
Notebook Page:   2333
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   Rest. W. 0.625; Rest. L. 0.84; Th. 0.04
Material:   Terracotta
Date:   23 March 1938
Section:   Ζ
Elevation:   -1.6--1.6m.
Masl:   -1.6m.
Deposit:   H 12:6
Bibliography:   Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 65 ff.
References:   Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940)
Monument: Tholos
Images (17)
Deposit: H 12:6
Notebook: Β-14
Notebook: Ζ-12
Notebook: Ζ-13
Notebook Page: Β-14-7 (pp. 2566-2567)
Notebook Page: Ζ-12-92 (pp. 2332-2333)
Notebook Page: Ζ-13-44 (pp. 2426-2427)
Card: A 865