Antefix with Gorgoneion

Classification

antefix

Culture

Magna Graecian

Dimensions

ca. 500 B.C.

Date

18.5 × 24.5 cm

Period

Archaic Period (700–480)

Material

clay

Iconography

Medusa-head ; snake

Production place

Tarentum / Taras (Taranto)

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.92

ID

Hyp-3330

Condition

Small piece missing on the left side of lower edge, right side broken, mended. Modern repair.

References

Oroszlán 1930, no. B 20; Oroszlán, in ArchÉrt 48 (1935), 46, no. 2, fig. 41; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 91; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 101–102

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.