Corinth Object: FR 119
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FR 119
Title:   TERRACOTTA RIDGE PALMETTE
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FR
Object Number:   119
Description:   Terracotta ridge palmette with eleven leaves. Sides rise from bottom in gentle convex curve, each side ending in sharply pointed projection. Beyond, the sides continue upward in scallops, which outline the palmette leaves. Similar to FR-62, FR-120, FR-121, and FR-125.
Decoration:   Two tendrils rise from bottom and end in volutes. Between the tendrils a lozenge. Palmette proper is above the volutes; eleven leaves spread out from arrow-head-shaped core. Light on dark with red on sides and in center of palmette.
Material:   Very pale brown clay with frequent large inclusions and small to medium voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 7/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Four frgts. of palmette, joining and conserved together.
Area:   South Stoa
Context:   South Stoa, context
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Stoa
Basket: South Stoa, context