Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FS 101 | |
Title: | ARCHAIC SIMA | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FS | |
Object Number: | 101 | |
Description: | Large sima with vertical fascia crowned by large torus, hollow; crowning moulding broken away. Decoration on light ground: alternating and reversible 7-petalled palmette and lotus, connected by undulating stems in red and black. Are upside down on fascia, right side up on torus. | |
Material: | Coarse, greenish-buff Corinthian clay, red and black paint. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment, preserving top, bottom, right edge, broken to left, and along top moulding. | |
Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.356, H. fascia 0.173, H. large torus 0.10 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.273 | |
Area: | Propylaia | |
Context: | Propylaia, Found near the Old Spring, northwest of the Propyl | |
Bibliography: | Corinth IV.1. p. 75, fig. 17; Roebuck, Hesperia 1990, p. 56, n. 46; Cited Winter Archterr | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Roebuck, Hesperia 59:1, 1990 Publication: Winter, Greek Architectural Terracottas: ... 1994 Monument: Propylaia Basket: Propylaia, Found near the Old Spring, northwest of the Propyl |