Corinth Object: FS 59
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FS 59
Title:   SMALL RAKING SIMA
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FS
Object Number:   59
Description:   Sima with base moulding (prob. fascia), outset cyma reversa above which narrow fascia. Top flat.
Decoration:   On cyma: egg-dart in light on red ground: egg has reserved center with black filling at edges, reserved then black line outline; dart reserved, with thick black outline for tip, against red ground in angles. Fascia reserved. For type cf. FS-XXXX-10. Cf. LeRoy, FD II series 79, S38, pl.58 for similar decoration.
Writing:   inscribed. Crude letter cut into top surface: [ before firing.
Material:   Coarse buff clay with moderate admixture of fine black, some red inclusions. Fine slip.
Munsell Color:   Ca. 10YR 7.5/3
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving upper two-thirds sima face to top, broken below, either end.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.084 (cyma) H00.015 (fascia)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.105 L00.233
Period:   Classical
Area:   Early Excavations
Context:   Early Excavations, In pencil: W(est ?) Ba(wu?)t----/2nd line ---- 4
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth IV.1 P74 S59
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Early Excavations
Basket: Early Excavations, In pencil: W(est ?) Ba(wu?)t----/2nd line ---- 4