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) |