Definition of "antefix" []

• An upright ornament along the eaves of a tiled roof designed to conceal the joints between the rows of tiles. (noun)

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• "We also found a well preserved terra cotta antefix which certainly indicates a very early date for the temple."
• "Close to the back wall, a deposit was exposed with some special finds, such as an antefix (a piece of terracotta roof decoration, being the front of the lowest row of covering tiles, see Find of the Week), a rare type of oil lamp, and several decorated pottery sherds."
• "The antefix has the breadth of a hole and one eighth, and the thickness of one hole."