| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | FS 65 | |
| Title: | ROMAN LATERAL SIMA WITH LIONHEAD SPOUT | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | FS | |
| Object Number: | 65 | |
| Old Number: | FS-XXXX-65A (joined) | |
| Description: | Lateral sima with probably flat panel, above which astragalos, ovolo, projecting fascia. Flat upper surface. Lionhead spout projecting in high relief from panel. Astragalos modelled plastically with bead-reel, egg-dart on ovolo. Fascia plain. Lion mane rendered by single long tufts deeply incised with 2-3 lines, small round ear. Low brow with deep central furrow; eyebrow and upper lid incised, deep dot for iris, lower lid outlined. FLat muzzle with gouged nostrils, 3 strokes on either side for whiskers. Straight row of incised upper teeth, strongly projecting tongue, with side teeth rendered plastically. Faint traces of black paint on mane, around face. | |
| Material: | Moderately fine clay with scattered fine black inclusions some voids. Scattered coarse inclusions, fired pink at core, to yellow-buff at surfaces. | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 6/4 to yellower than 20YR 7/4 (surface) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Three joining frgts., preserving crowning moulding of sima with all of spout except locks on right side of face, bit of left jaw. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.275 L00.225 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Context: | , Provenance unknown | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth IV.1 P74-75 S65 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: bw 5662 Image: bw 8622 Basket: , Provenance unknown |
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