Corinth Object: FS 869
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FS 869
Title:   RAKING SIMA WITH CYMA REVERSA PROFILE
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FS
Object Number:   869
Description:   Horizontal undersurface. Fascia H00.039-00.04, outset cyma reversa, crowning fillet H00.02. Top horizontal, sloping slightly to back. Back wall flares at 19 degrees. T00.028-00.032 pan. Socket at lt. end.
Decoration:   Light-on-dark decoration. Fascia decorated with maeander, checkerboard. Cyma: anthemion-palmette: 11-petal palmette, central leaf pointed, rest rounded. Red shovel-shaped heart with reserved edge; 7-petal anthemion with pointed petals, single central sepal edged in maroon. Tendril and loop below.
Material:   Coarse buff clay with inclusions.
Condition:   Complete profile. Two joining frgts., lt. end tile.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.142
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.17
Area:   Tile Works
Context:   NB185 P30
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Tile Works
Image: bw 5540
Basket: NB185 P30
Notebook Page: NB 185, spread 18 (pp. 29 - 30)