Corinth Object: FR 109
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FR 109
Title:   TC RIDGE PALMETTE
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FR
Object Number:   109
Old Number:   FA 11
Description:   Ridge palmette antefix with bit of scalloped edge preserved, flat front and back with decoration painted only.
Decoration:   On both faces painted palmette alternately red and black above black tendrils with red belt. Cream slipped ground.
Material:   Coarse clay with moderate amount coarse and fine red inclusions fired light reddish-tan.
Munsell Color:   5YR 7/4
Condition:   Fragment. 2 single fragments broken all around, paint worn, esp. on back.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.13, W. 0.24
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   6th c. B.C.
Area:   Early Excavations
Context:   Early Excavations, Provenance unknown
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth IV.1, p. 48; Cited Winter Archterr
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Winter, Greek Architectural Terracottas: ... 1994
Monument: Early Excavations
Image: bw 1985 083 19