Title: Terracotta painted gorgoneion antefix (roof tile)
Object type: Antefix, Gorgoneion
Date: ca. 540 BCE
Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
Period: Archaic
Medium: Terracotta, paint
Dimensions: H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.)
W. 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm.)
Depth as preserved 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm.)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Snakes, term: Gorgons