Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FS 341 | |
Title: | ROMAN LIONHEAD SIMA SPOUT | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FS | |
Object Number: | 341 | |
Old Number: | MF-00081 (lapsed) | |
Description: | Lionhead spout with single row of short mane locks, as preserved, framing head, each incised; forehead has slight broad furrow down center, hollows over brows, beetling brows, eye surrounded by plastic lid with upper lid overlapping lower at outer corner. Drilled iris. Blunt muzzle with incisions on top and curling incised whiskers on side, impressed nostril. Crinkled upper lip with modeled teeth outlined by incision. | |
Decoration: | Red paint on mane locks and stripe framing face, on brow and pupil, on whiskers, outlining mouth. | |
Material: | Fine well-compacted light red clay with rare medium-sized mudstone inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly redder than 7.5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., right half of spout from forehead through upper jaw, broken behind first row of mane locks. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.11 L00.12 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | ? Early Roman ? | |
Area: | Julian Basilica | |
Context: | NB75 P208 | |
Provenance: | Corinth ? | |
Bibliography: | Corinth IV.1, P095 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Julian Basilica Image: bw 1998 002 15 Image: bw 1998 005 22 Basket: NB75 P208 |