Corinth Object: FS 2015 1
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FS 2015 1
Title:   ROMAN SIMA
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FS
Year:   2015
Object Number:   1
Description:   Rectangular tile with smoothed back and left edge, upper edge thickened and rounded to frame decorative field
Decoration:   Molded suspended bukraneion or spear pointing left, rounded ear above, topped by ovule band. Stylistically similar to Broneer 1954, Corinth 1.4, pl. 40, no. 1 (Roman sima with heads of deities).
Material:   Medium coarse pale brown clay with rare small subround angular white, few small-medium angular tabular dark gray and red inclusions and frequent small voids.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 6/4 (pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving two edges and half of decorative panel.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.066
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.125, W 0.166
Weight Description:   1.22
Weight:   1.22
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   based on context
Area:   South Stoa
Context:   South Stoa, context 28, LOT 2015 054
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Stoa
Image: digital 2015 3972
Image: digital 2015 3973
Basket: South Stoa, context 28