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Terracotta painted gorgoneion antefix (roof tile)

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Terracotta paint, Archaic, Greek South Italian Tarentine
Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1939
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Title: Terracotta painted gorgoneion antefix (roof tile)
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Terracotta paint, Archaic, Greek South Italian Tarentine.

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