Corinth Object: FS 2011 2
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FS 2011 2
Title:   ROMAN LATERAL SIMA: LIONHEAD SPOUT
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FS
Year:   2011
Object Number:   2
Description:   Sima with lionhead spout, with mane locks, deeply incised, arranged in two rows; pointed ear, deeply gouged.
Decoration:   Mane self-slipped, ear painted purple.
Material:   Coarse very pale brown clay with abundant, large to very large, spherical, tabular, and platy angular mudstone inclusions.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt preserves small part of mane, face broken away, 1/4 circle spout; traces of purple paint in lion's ear.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.144, W. 0.103, Th. 0.074
Period:   Roman
Findspot Description:   Found by headguard Stavros Belitsis, on May 27, 2011, in the area of the Sacred Spring.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece