Roof tile in the form of a human face
Tiles like these were attached to the outside of the roof of the Roman bath-house. They were decorative, and functional as they protected the roof timbers from the rain.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 403/1990/5
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- ceramic
- Common Name
- roof tile in the form of a human face
- Simple Name
- tile (roof)
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Production Year Low
- 60
- Production Year High
- 65
