Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FR 104 | |
Title: | RIDGE TILE COVER OF OLD TEMPLE | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FR | |
Object Number: | 104 | |
Description: | Ridge cover tile, typical. The concealed end is bevelled at both corners and the top of the longitudinal surface ridge has been cut away after firing for a distance of 0.09 at the concealed end in order to facilitate tight fit with adjoining tile. | |
Material: | Hard coarse light brown clay, temper consists of some broken tile (dark red) and some hard grayish stone, 0.0015-0.005. Majority of inclusions ranging 0.002-0.003. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving most of pan element, point of juncture with cover. | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 2009, Vol. 78, p. 199, footnote 21 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: bw 1978 058 22a Image: bw 1980 002 30 Image: bw 1980 002 31 |