Agora Object: A 856
Inventory Number:   A 856
Section Number:   Ζ 1532
Title:   Roof Tile Fragment
Category:   Architecture Terracotta
Description:   A diamond shaped Tholos tile, both points missing.
A symmetrical diamond, its obtuse angels truncated. Its lower part is flat above, channeled below so as to serve as a covering tile; its upper part is flat below, flanged above so as to serve as a rain tile. The upper surface is rubbed and scratched.
Buff clay tempered with crushed tile. Surfaced on top and sides with fine clay of the same color.
Context:   Tholos Trench F, Kitchen Dump.
Notebook Page:   1863, 2432
Negatives:   Leica, XVI-94
Dimensions:   Rest. L. 1.275; W. (certain) 0.638; Th. 0.04
Material:   Terracotta
Date:   7 June 1937
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
Drawing: PD 72 (DA 4332)
Image: 2002.01.0072
Image: 1997.04.0129 (XVI-94)
Image: 2012.51.0117 (XVI-94)
Deposit: H 12:6
Notebooks (4)
Notebook Pages (5)
Card: A 856