Corinth Object: FS 46
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FS 46
Title:   MEGARIAN TYPE RAKING SIMA
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FS
Object Number:   46
Description:   Megarian-type sima with vertical face or fascia. Surfaces slipped. Note: $T 50$ erased on back.
Decoration:   Painted on reserved background: anthemion with 7-petal palmette, petals alternately red, black, with full round tips. Lotus with black calyx, red stamen, over tendril.
Material:   Coarse clay fired pink at core, yellow at surface, with moderate admixture of fine to coarse (to 3mm) red mudstone inclusions. Yellow-tan fine surface slip.
Munsell Color:   2.5YR 7/3 (background) Slightly pinker than 5YR ;;;7/6 (core)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of fascia, broken all around except at back.
Dimensions Actual:   T00.049
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.068 L00.151
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   to early 5th BC ?
Context:   , Provenance unknown
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth IV.1 P72 S46
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Basket: , Provenance unknown