Corinth Object: FS 173
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FS 173
Title:   ROMAN LATERAL SIMA
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FS
Object Number:   173
Description:   Lateral Sima missing base moulding; vertical panel H00.14, decorated in low releif with double spiral, ending in eye, 3 petal bud in angle above and below. Above, ovolo between 2 fillets, decorated in low relief with elongated egg-dart. Lt. joint smooth.
Decoration:   Red paint irregularly applied to background.
Material:   Moderately fine buff clay fired to pale pink at core, with few coarse red mudstone inclusions.
Munsell Color:   2.5Y 8/2 (surface)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving left half of sima, broken at attachment to tile; preserving rest of profile to top, left joint, broken at right.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.048 (crown)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.195 L00.27
Period:   Roman
Context:   , Provenance unknown
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Corinth IV.1 P83 S173
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Basket: , Provenance unknown