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Collection Item: Roof Finial
Basic info
- Collection
- Archaeology
- Object name
- Roof finial
- Roof tile
- Object category
- Roman
- Description
- Antefix showing a fisherman in relief. Described in Eboracum as "Antefix, terra-cotta, rectangular face with gabled top, now broken, 6ins by 7 and 1/2 ins; it has a flange at the back to fit over the ridge tile. On the front is a male figure, wearing a tunic, skirt and short breeches and holding a fish in his left hand; to the left of the figure is stylised foliage. Below the fish is a net and above it a fish trap."
- Production date start
- 43
- Production date end
- 410
- Period
- Roman
Identification
- Object number
- YORYM : 2001.12499
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 11150
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Ceramic (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Whole height 18.3 cm
- Whole width 14.8 cm
- Whole depth 12.8 cm
