Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FS 7 | |
Title: | LIGHT-ON-DARK SIMA | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FS | |
Object Number: | 7 | |
Description: | Sima with fascia at base, unarticulated from cyma reversa above; above this, outset cyma reversa crowning moulding, upper half of which worn away. Top surface slopes at ca. 20 degree angle from horizontal. | |
Decoration: | All surfaces slipped. Soffit: border 00.066 m. wide: bead-reel with round beads, pointed reel, light on black ground, broad band (W00.023) of red-brown paint. Face: fascia: Maeander IIa in black on reserved ground, with red outline around checkerboard. Cyma: anthemion with 11-petal palmette with diamond-shaped central petal, drooping petals with rounded to sharply cut tips, oval heart with red center; lotus with 4 founded drooping petals, diamond-shaped central one, over sepals outlined in red. Beneath, tendril marking loop under lotus. All light on dark. Lesbian-leaf above: leaf solid black with dilute glaze outline which makes round dot between leaves. Dart reserved against purple red ground. | |
Material: | Coarse buff clay with numerous fine to coarser (to 6mm) black mudstone inclusions. Fine surface slip. | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 slip | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., complete profile except for face of crowning moulding; broken at start of tile at back, either end. | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.245 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.192 (max) H00.163 (face) H00.037 (crowning moulding) | |
Period: | Classical | |
Area: | Early Excavations | |
Context: | Early Excavations, Provenance Unknown | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Bibliography: | Corinth IV.1 P66 S7 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Early Excavations Image: bw 8658 Basket: Early Excavations, Provenance Unknown |