Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FR 20 | |
Title: | ARCHAIC RIDGE PALMETTE | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FR | |
Object Number: | 20 | |
Old Number: | Also numbered FR 11 and FA 8, but seems best to fit description of FR 20 as in Corinth IV, 1. | |
Description: | From the upper half of a bifacial ridge palmette. Of the top palmette: lower half of five petals painted alternately black and red, central petal is black. Below, spherical triangle marked by 3 arched bands painted yellow, red, yellow. Below these a black circle. On one side a faint, incised line marks vertical axis of central petal of palmette. | |
Material: | Hard grayish clay with fine black inclusions, yellow slip. | |
Munsell Color: | Clay: 5Y 7/2, Slip: 5Y 8/3 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment broken all around. | |
Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.040-0.047 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.092; W. 0.115 | |
Area: | Early Excavations | |
Context: | Early Excavations, Provenance unknown | |
Bibliography: | Corinth IV.1. p. 63; Cited Winter Archterr | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Winter, Greek Architectural Terracottas: ... 1994 Monument: Early Excavations Image: bw 1985 083 20 Image: bw 1985 083 25 |