| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | FS 858a | |
| Title: | RAKING SIMA WITH CYMA PROFILE | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | FS | |
| Object Number: | 858 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | FS-XXXX-858B | |
| Description: | Raking sima having half-round upper face, turning slightly inward under flat crowning ovolo. Top horizontal surface 00.075 W. Back of sima flares slightly. Anathyrosis on lt. joint. Circular hole D00.017 m. at both ends of half-round, parallel to face, but not continuous. | |
| Decoration: | All surfaces slipped except joint. Decorated in light-on-dark: Face: double lotus-palmette chain, upper chain on half-round, beginning with half-lotus at joint. Palmette has 7 petals, round tips, axial petal tip ovoid; broad-headed heart. 2-leaf lotus with pointed stamen. Traces of tendril connecting double lotus-palmette chain at break at bottom. Ovolo plain. | |
| Material: | Coarse buff clay. Cream slip. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving left end and upper face, tongue broken away. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.172 | |
| Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | First Quarter | |
| Area: | Tile Works | |
| Context: | NB185 P38 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Tile Works Image: bw 5539 Image: bw 8655 Basket: NB185 P38 Notebook Page: NB 185, spread 22 (pp. 37 - 38) Notebook Page: NB 185, spread 55 (pp. 103 - 104) |
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