Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FS 359 | |
Title: | ROMAN LIONHEAD SPOUT | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FS | |
Object Number: | 359 | |
Old Number: | MF-00123 (lapsed) | |
Description: | Lionhead spout, detached from sima. Lion with low narrow forehead, incised eyebrow, shallowset eye, outlined by lids incised for lashes, punched hole for pupil; nostril impressed, 3 incised whiskers, open mouth with teeth rendered but not separated from background; lion made rendered as single row of long tufts, each deeply scored. | |
Decoration: | Substantial remains of white slip over all. | |
Material: | Fine red clay with rare tiny white, black inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly yellower than 5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., proper right side of head, mane; missing lower jaw, chin; white slip incompletely preserved. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.13 L00.14 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | ? Early Roman ? | |
Area: | Julian Basilica | |
Context: | NB78 P184 | |
Provenance: | Corinth ? | |
Bibliography: | Corinth IV.1 P097 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Julian Basilica Image: bw 1998 005 23 Basket: NB78 P184 |