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What is an antefix?

What is an antefix? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) The vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple.
  2. (architecture) Any decoration serving to cover the ends of roofing tiles.
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The photograph shows the bottom half of the antefix that is now in the museum, yet is paired with a different top half that was never acquired by the Getty.
But in the case of an Etruscan terra-cotta antefix, or roof ornament, installed on the ground floor of the Getty Villa, Mr. Brand said that a photograph seized from Mr. Medici was only a partial match.
The eaves and corners of all the tiers are adorned with the typical Pagan flame ornament, or antefix.
The antefix has the breadth of a hole and one eighth, and the thickness of one hole.
At the lower end of each row of imbrex tiles was an antefix, or decorative terminal.
The university recently returned to the Sicilian art authorities a terra cotta antefix, or roof ornament, in the shape of a leopard.

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