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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | A 1101 | | Title: | | MARBLE LIONHEAD SPOUT | | Category: | | Architecture | | Category Code: | | A | | Object Number: | | 1101 | | Description: | | Lion head water spout. Mane, with locks indicated by incised lines, frames all of preserved face. Forehead has deep central furrow, with oblique furrow to either side, and furrows leading back from outer corners of eyes. Large round eyes, lids not rendered, with concentric circle around raised circle indicating iris and pupil of eye. Pronounced cheeks with one whisker preserved as a straight, incised line. Funnel-shaped water channel hollowed in back. | | Material: | | White marble | | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving most of upper half of lion's face from cheeks to some of mane, more of right side of face than of left, surface pitted and worn with dirt adhering to surface. 1930? Possibly written on back with what looks like pencil. | | Dimensions Actual: | | W. 0.029 (bridge of nose - internal corner of eyes) | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H. 0.108, L. 0.185, Th. 0.109 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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