Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FS 867b | |
Title: | RAKING SIMA WITH CYMA REVERSA PROFILE | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FS | |
Object Number: | 867 | |
Object Suffix: | b | |
Description: | Flat undersurface. Face: fascia H00.042, outset cyma reversa with emphasized convex profile; fillet H00.023. Horizontal top with bevel W00.020 along front edge. Back of sima flares at 31 degrees. Joint with top of pan marked by incised line. Inv. with FS-XXXX-867A, from different tiles. | |
Decoration: | Slipped over all, soffit for 00.062 from edge. Light- on-dark decoration: Soffit: astragalos W00.040, then red band W00.02. Fascia: maeander-checkerboard. Cyma: anthemion-palmette chain: 11-petal palmette with slightly drooping round ends, pointed axial petal on palmette, and anthemion; red shovel-shaped heart with counter curve profile, reserved edge; 5-petal anthemion, 3 sepals edged in maroon. Tendril looped under anthemion, without leaf. Red accents carelessly executed. | |
Material: | Coarse buff clay | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., broken either end, missing most of pan. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.152 (max) H00.145 (face) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.441 (face) | |
Area: | Tile Works | |
Context: | NB185 P67 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Tile Works Basket: NB185 P67 |