/internal/media/dispatcher/587770/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCorner of a pedimentabout 450 B.C.Width: 28 cm (11 in.)LimestoneBenjamin and Lucy Rowland Fund1984.4390The fragment includes a decorated gutter (sima) and a plain tympanum. The flat sima has widely-spaced lotus buds and palmettes, which are linked by S-shaped scrolls. Above are an ovolo and a fillet. A fillet separates the sima from the timpanum. This fragment joins 61.153.
Said from Selinunte but probably from Lokri.
Except at the breaks the fragment has a yellow patina.
Such small-scale architectural elements probably come from a funerary monument.Architectural elements13016601