Corinth Object: FS 75
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FS 75
Title:   LIONHEAD SPOUT
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FS
Object Number:   75
Related Objects:   FS-XXXX-76 (joined)
Description:   Lateral sima with lionhead spout, broken above at juncture with crowning moulding. Spout features single row of long mane locks each with 2-3 grooves. Very low brow with heavy stippled ridge, stippling continuing down nose; deep-set eyes, with stippled upper lid, almond-shaped bulging pupil with deep hole for iris. Diagonal slash cutting through cheek.
Material:   Surface crackled from firing. Fine clay with possibly few scattered inclusions, fired buff at core, yellowish-gray at surface.
Munsell Color:   2.5YR 6/4 (surface)
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving top of head (FS-75), proper right side (FS-76). Joined in 1988.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.070 (pupil to pupil)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.17 (ca.)
Period:   Roman
Area:   Early Excavations
Context:   Early Excavations, Written in pencil: W / 3 / 3
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Early Excavations
Basket: Early Excavations, Written in pencil: W / 3 / 3