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 |