"dc-title","dc-creator","UserLevel","Redirect","Chronology","Id","Type","dc-subject","Collection","dc-date","dc-publisher","Name","Icon","dc-description"
"Eaves tiles (A 772 and A 861) and decorative antefix (A 880) assembled.","","","","","Agora:Image:1997.04.0136","Image","Site | By Area | West | Tholos Complex | Tholos | Roof","Agora","1938","","1997.04.0136 (8-107)","Agora:Image:1997.04.0136::/Agora/1997/1997.04/1997.04.0136.tif::2006::1133","Horizontal (normal)"
"Eaves tiles (A 772 and A 861) and decorative antefix (A 880) assembled.","","","","","Agora:Image:2002.03.1409","Image","Site | By Area | West | Tholos Complex | Tholos | Roof","Agora","1938","","2002.03.1409 (8-107)","Agora:Image:2002.03.1409::/Agora/2002/2002.03/2002.03.1409.tif::1291::718","Horizontal (normal)"
"Eaves Tile Fragments: Painted","","","","","Agora:Object:A 772","Object","Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Roof Tiles | Eaves Tiles | Painted","Agora","5 June 1937","","A 772","Agora:Image:2022.03.0789::/Agora/2022/2022.03/2022.03.0789.tif::2048::901","Two non-joining fragments. On outer face an elaborate guilloche in purple and black with palmettes at the mid line. On the soffit, a band of astragal between two purple bands; on the top, along the outer edge, a purple band.; Of fragment b) the right end is preserved, and returns at a right angle. On the end is a projecting part for locking it to its neighbor. ; Gritty buff clay surfaced with yellow.; Other fragments of the same series:; A 207 (Θ 1377) - brown fill; A 275 (Β 121) - late fill; A 293 (Β 483) - clearing porch of Tholos; A 426 (Β 964) - well at 15/ΛΔ, dump; A 450 (Β' 273) - mixed to late Roman fill; A 480 (Β 1274) mixed fill, 4th century and late Roman; ; A 581 (B 1511) - disturbed fill north of Tholos.; Also many more: 1938.; Fragment b) made up complete in plaster on analogy of A 861, a) left unrestored."
"Eaves Tile Fragment","","","","","Agora:Object:A 861","Object","Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Roof Tiles | Eaves Tiles","Agora","15 February 1938","","A 861","Agora:Image:2022.03.0796::/Agora/2022/2022.03/2022.03.0796.tif::2048::983","A Tholos eaves tile, fragmentary but complete save for the tip, which has been restored on the evidence of A 864 (Ζ 1540). A triangular rain tile, its sides equipped with heavy flanges below, with light flanges above. The under flanges are channeled toward the lower edge of the tile so as to grip a projection on the cornice. On the face, a double braid-pattern in black and purple; on the top, along the outer edge, a purple band; on the soffit, a bead and reel reserved against a black ground and bordered on either side by a purple band.; Buff clay tempered with crushed tile and lightly surfaced with yellow clay.; From the same series as A 862 (Ζ1538), A 863 (Ζ 1539) and A 864 (Ζ1540).; These eaves tiles are apparently from the original roofing of the Tholos. Several of the fragments show traces of burning. Like A 856 (Ζ 1532) ff., in contexts of the late fifth century, and would seem to have been discarded after the building was damaged by fire at that time."
"Antefix Fragment: Painted","","","","","Agora:Object:A 880","Object","Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Painted","Agora","22 April 1938","","A 880","Agora:Image:2022.03.0452::/Agora/2022/2022.03/2022.03.0452.tif::2048::1725","Lower part of Tholos antefix and much of the carrying tile remain; the whole restored in plaster on the model of A 865 (Ζ 1541).; The tile is large and flat, expanding rapidly toward the back , channeled on the underside to fit over its neighbors. On its top are rude transverse scratchings. The face of the antefix in its lower part is decorated with a small central and two small lateral palmettes connected by scrolls, in red figures technique, details in added purple. Purple covers the edges of the antefix and a band across the bottom of its face.; The tile is of buff clay, surfaced with yellow."
"The Tholos of Athens and its Predecessors","Thompson, H. A.","","","","Agora:Publication:Hesperia Supplement 4","Publication","","Agora","1940","American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940)","Agora:Image:2009.09.0068::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0068.jpg::760::990","Famous classical buildings, such as the Parthenon, are preserved in such monumental isolation that it is hard to reconstruct the effect that they might have had on the ancient visitor. Their setting relative to other buildings, to statues, and surrounding vegetation is lost to us. This book presents a forensic examination of the archaeological remains on the Acropolis to reconstruct the immediate surroundings of one of the most striking monuments of antiquity."