Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | FS 951 | |
Title: | PAINTED SIMA | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | FS | |
Object Number: | 951 | |
Description: | From a terracotta sima with painted decoration on its face. The undersurface has a triangular ridge running the width of the fragment. NOTE: See Corinth FS 466, FS 467. Potters' Quarter, Corinth XV, ii, pl. 58; Cf. le Roi, Delphes II, Top et Arch., pl. 10, but with added horiz. band zone. | |
Decoration: | Lower border (above a narrow horizontal light band). A single guilloche in red, edged with narrow light bands (background) and incised with compasses; above this a series of red Doric leaves against the light ground, giving the effect of a series of three narrow light bands running vertically with plain red areas between them. | |
Material: | Pinkish-buff clay with coarse inclusions; cream yellow slip and red paint. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Fragmentary; lower surface preserved. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.12, W. ca. 0.18, Th. 0.088 | |
Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
Chronology: | mid 6th BC? | |
Area: | Anaploga | |
Context: | NB246 B36 P142 | |
Bibliography: | Cited Winter Archterr | |
Site: | Anaploga | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Winter, Greek Architectural Terracottas: ... 1994 Monument: Anaploga Image: bw 1962 092 23 Basket: NB246 B36 P142 Notebook Page: NB 246, spread 76 (p. 141) |