Corinth Object: FS 863a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   FS 863a
Title:   UNDECORATED RAKING SIMA WITH CYMA REVERSA PROFILE
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   FS
Object Number:   863
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   FS-XXXX-878 (joined) FS-XXXX-863B
Description:   Flat undersurface. Face: fascia H00.034 at ca. 87 degree angle from undersurface; outset cyma reversa Ht. ca. 00.058 crowned by slightly flaring shallow cavetto H00.013. Horizontal top surface W00.085. Back wall of sima flares ca. 12 degrees, sharply angled at joint with top of pan behind. Pan T00.031- 00.059. Left joint: anathyrosis and notch behind, into which tongue of next tile fits. Notch 00.085 m. deep, projects 00.078 m.. Rt. joint: anathyrosis and overlap for next tile. Undersurface slipped to 00.07 from edge; diagonal paddling on unslipped surface. Rest slipped. Undecorated.
Material:   Coarse buff clay.
Condition:   Complete profile. Three joining frgts., preserving complete profile, complete sima except for right tongue. FS-863A: left end, FS-878: right end.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.195 L00.606 (sima face)
Period:   Classical
Area:   Tile Works
Context:   NB185 P67
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Tile Works
Basket: NB185 P67