| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | FS 771 | |
| Title: | SIMA WITH HUMAN HEAD | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | FS | |
| Object Number: | 771 | |
| Description: | Sima consisting of a flat plaque, decorated in low relief with head of male (?) in profile to rt. Hair over crown broken by incision, low forehead, incorrect profile eye with eyelids completely shown surrounding eye, pursed lips. Lt. joint cut back at acute angle to front plane; surface shows cut marks where trimmed. | |
| Material: | Clay fired light red at core, gray-buff at surface, with frequent fine to small red mudstone inclusions, tiny black. | |
| Munsell Color: | Core: near 7.5YR 7/4 Surface: roughly between 2.5Y 7/2 and 5Y 6/3 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., possibly preserving part of lt. joint, broken remaining edges, back; surface badly chipped. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.115 W00.12 | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early Roman ? | |
| Area: | Forum northeast | |
| Context: | NB166 P184 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum northeast Image: bw 1998 003 11 Basket: NB166 P184 Notebook Page: NB 166, spread 18 (pp. 183 - 184) |
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