Agora Object: T 2143
Inventory Number:   T 2143
Section Number:   ΓΓ 528
Title:   Mold for Relief Plaque
Category:   Terracotta Moulds
Description:   Two joining fragments preserve about a quarter of the mold for a circular plaque.
Mold finished with plain raised ledge.
The design seems to be a rosette with broad shallow rounded petals, surrounded by a band of scallops. On the back of the mold a carefully smoothed groove near the center.
Good pinkish-buff clay.
ADDENDA: Cental octagonal design with bosses in center. Lotus buds around it, then band, then rays, then final band.
Cf. Hesperia 64 (1995), p. 460, n. 254.
Context:   "House C" area; area north of north mosaic: cut through stony fill under stuccoed drain bedding.
Notebook Page:   1788
Negatives:   Leica, 81-3-35
Dimensions:   Max. Dim. 0.113, (cast) 0.093; Th. ca. 0.024
Date:   19 June 1939
Section:   ΓΓ
Grid:   G-H 18
References:   Image: 2012.72.0215 (81-3-35)
Card: T 2143