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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | FS 1077 | | Title: | | LATERAL SIMA | | Category: | | Architecture | | Category Code: | | FS | | Object Number: | | 1077 | | Old Number: | | FM-XXXX-46 (lapsed) | | Description: | | Sima with vertical face has free-floating S-shaped tendril in relief, placed horizontally, with tapering ends curling around eyes; Attenuated anthemion is added both above and below mid-point of S. Bottom anthemion hangs diagonally downward, pointed leaves curve out, sprouting from tear-shaped center. Anthemion above goes diagonally upward, its leaves curling inward around tear-shaped stamen. Profile of top of sima cut to conform to tendril and anthemion design. | | Decoration: | | Heavy slip on front face only, Light-on-dark decoration: relief reserved, red eyes with reserved edges. Dark ground. | | Material: | | Coarse buff clay, with moderate amout of fine to coarser (3mm) black inclusions, fine slip. | | Munsell Color: | | 2.5Y 8/3 to 10YR 7/4 | | Condition: | | Fragment. Preserving right half sima from midpoint of spout edge to right side of tile; missing at juncture to pan. | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H00.099 L00.30 | | Dimensions Restored: | | L00.60 | | Period: | | Classical | | Area: | | Tile Works | | Context: | | NB185 P51 | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Tile Works
Basket: NB185 P51
Notebook Page: NB 185, spread 29 (pp. 51 - 52)
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