| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | FC 2011 1a | |
| Title: | FUNERARY LAKONIAN COVER TILE WITH GRAFFITO | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | FC | |
| Year: | 2011 | |
| Object Number: | 1 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | FC-2011-1B | |
| Description: | Lakonian cover tile, widely V-shaped in section; rough interior, smoother upper surface, edges roughly flattened and cut. | |
| Writing: | graffito. Graffito running parallel along two long edges of top surface of cover tile, Greek: edge 1, in 2 lines: …NSOY edge 2, in 3 lines: S[A]… KY… | |
| Material: | Coarse very pale brown clay, fired reddish yellow at core, with frequent, medium, sub-rounded, tabular and platy, white and gray inclusions and frequent, medium to large voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown), core: 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Three joining fragments preserve complete profile, small part of tile; one fragment from 2026 and 2 from 2036. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.078, W. 0.155, Th. 0.018 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.215 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | as letter forms in Corinth 8.3, pl. 52-53 | |
| Area: | Theater | |
| Context: | Theater, context 2026 | |
| Theater, context 2036, LOT 2011 002 | ||
| LOT 2011 002 | ||
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Theater |
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