| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | FS 381 | |
| Title: | CLASSICAL SIMA | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | FS | |
| Object Number: | 381 | |
| Description: | Profile from bottom up: fascia, vertical face, crowning moulding of cyma reversa, above which a fascia. | |
| Decoration: | meander on fascia, hill type IIA, with filling squares having St. Andreas cross and quincunx. Flanking lion-head spout a cream acanthus spray on either side, from which curl plastic tendrils, cream-colored and grooved, \in fork of each peir of tendrils is a bell-shaped flower whose small stem passes under the large stem to appear as a red curl. \on the cyma reversa a \lesbian leaf in black and cream on red ground. Fascia cream-coloured. \on soffit astragalus, light on dark with red band. Lion head: W. 0.34 x H. 0.40. Deep groove from center of forehead back, with 5 strands of hair between part and each ear. Mane locks plastically rendered. Heavy eyebrows, mouth, tongue and ears red. | |
| Material: | clay | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Several joining fragments., complete length, height, broken in back. Part of lion's head RIP. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.39, L 1.13 m. | |
| Area: | North Stoa | |
| Context: | North Stoa | |
| Findspot Description: | east of 19th pier April 12, 1930 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesp. Suppl 27 p. 50 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Hemans, Hesperia Supplements 27, 1994 Monument: North Stoa Image: bw 2567 Image: bw 2570 Image: bw 2571 Basket: North Stoa |
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