antefix , auch: antefixa

Those objects include fresco fragments acquired in the early 1970s, red-figure Attic pottery and a rare antefix.

Once, there had been a pediment, the existence of which is proven by a semi-palmette-form antefix found during the archaeological excavations.

A painted inscription (IVN) on an antefix identifies it as a temple of Juno.

An antefix (from Latin antefigere, to fasten before) is a vertical block which terminates the covering tiles of the roof of a tiled roof.

The photograph shows the bottom half of the antefix that is now in the museum, yet is paired with a different top half that was never acquired by the Getty.

Around 500 BC, they stopped being used to decorate monumental buildings, but were still shown on parts of the roof tiles (antefix) of smaller buildings throughout the next century.

On the edge of the roof there are antefixes with floral frames, inside the antefix there are images of Hindu gods bust with hand position holding flowers.

The presence of Legio II Augusta at Exeter is supported by the discovery of a dolphin antefix (roof fitting) from levels within the military bathhouse dated to about AD60.

But in the case of an Etruscan terra-cotta antefix, or roof ornament, installed on the ground floor of the Getty Villa, Mr. Brand said that a photograph seized from Mr. Medici was only a partial match.