Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FS 295 | |
Title: | ROMAN LIONHEAD SIMA SPOUT | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FS | |
Object Number: | 295 | |
Old Number: | MF-00116 (lapsed) | |
Description: | Sima with flat plaque, lionhead spout, above which double fillet. Lionhead has low forehead, a slashed plastic band for eyebrow continuing into upper lid, lower slashed on sheek, deeply punched hole for pupil. Blunt muzzle with 3 incised whiskers; jaws open, teeth not freed from background, but incised on front of mouth; mane consists of a single row of long tufts, deeply scored, 3 to proper rt., 1 preserved to lt., with scoring continuing onto "scalp". | |
Decoration: | White slip over much of surface. | |
Material: | Fine red clay with rare tiny white, black inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly yellower than 5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving right half spout, except for top of nose, and part of sima above. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.196 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | ? Early Roman ? | |
Area: | Julian Basilica | |
Context: | NB78 P152 | |
Provenance: | Corinth ? | |
Bibliography: | Corinth IV.1 P092 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Julian Basilica Image: bw 1998 003 08 Basket: NB78 P152 |