Corinth Object: FS 1095
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FS 1095
Title:   LATERAL VERTICAL SIMA
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FS
Object Number:   1095
Old Number:   FT-XXXX-171 (lapsed)
Description:   Sima with flat undersurface, front face at rt. angle to bottom. In relief on flat front face (H00.115) is biforcated stem with small leaf. Trace of tendril that curls counterclockwise up fron stem, 2nd curves up and clockwise to end of sima; tendrils have deep V-shaped groove. Tendril rises to within 00.02 of sima top. No crowning moulding. Rt. edge has anathyrosis, back vertical. Cf. FS-XXXX-134 from same mould.
Decoration:   Front, poss. back slipped. Background matt black, relief reserved.
Material:   Coarse buff clay with moderate admixture of fine black inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Ca. 10YR 7/4-7/3.5
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving right end tile, front edge of undersurface, face, portion of back.
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.121 L00.123
Area:   Tile Works
Context:   NB189 P227
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Tile Works
Basket: NB189 P227