Corinth Object: FS 1088
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FS 1088
Title:   ROMAN SIMA WITH SIGNATURE
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FS
Object Number:   1088
Old Number:   FM-XXXX-50 (lapsed)
Description:   Sima with flat panel crowned by raised band with deep groove, ovolo with relief moulding tilted strongly forward. Top and back smooth.
Decoration:   White slip over all, red in groove above panel; traces of egg-dart in relief on crowning moulding.
Writing:   inscribed. Part of signature inscribed before firing at top of panel:
Material:   Coarse light red clay with moderate admixture of fine to coarse (to 4mm.) red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 7/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small part of top of panel, with edge of crowning moulding, part of back and top surface; broken all around. Signature incomplete.
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.070 L00.109
Period:   Roman
Area:   Forum east
Context:   NB201 P5
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum east
Basket: NB201 P5