Corinth Object: FR 20
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FR 20
Title:   ARCHAIC RIDGE PALMETTE
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FR
Object Number:   20
Old Number:   Also numbered FR 11 and FA 8, but seems best to fit description of FR 20 as in Corinth IV, 1.
Description:   From the upper half of a bifacial ridge palmette. Of the top palmette: lower half of five petals painted alternately black and red, central petal is black. Below, spherical triangle marked by 3 arched bands painted yellow, red, yellow. Below these a black circle. On one side a faint, incised line marks vertical axis of central petal of palmette.
Material:   Hard grayish clay with fine black inclusions, yellow slip.
Munsell Color:   Clay: 5Y 7/2, Slip: 5Y 8/3
Condition:   Fragment. Single fragment broken all around.
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.040-0.047
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.092; W. 0.115
Area:   Early Excavations
Context:   Early Excavations, Provenance unknown
Bibliography:   Corinth IV.1. p. 63; Cited Winter Archterr
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Winter, Greek Architectural Terracottas: ... 1994
Monument: Early Excavations
Image: bw 1985 083 20
Image: bw 1985 083 25