Inventory Number: | A 2306 | |
Section Number: | Τ 2311 | |
Title: | Lion's Head Spout: Painted | |
Category: | Architecture Terracotta | |
Description: | Jaw, nose and left ear missing; broken behind. Chips of hair missing. Top of sima preserved behind. Three rows of flame locks blown forward. Light red clay with bits in it; light smooth finish on face. Much color preserved: black on locks, eyebrows, eyelids, pupils of eyes, eyelashes and wrinkles. Dilute glaze for thin lines on forehead. Red at corner of mouth. | |
Context: | Imbedded in firm fill on threshold block of Room 5 of Shop Building. South Stoa Building fill. | |
Notebook Page: | 3737 | |
Negatives: | Leica | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 0.19; W. 0.21; P.Th. ca. 0.13; H. (estimated of sima from bottom of lowest block) 0.195-0.20 | |
Material: | Terracotta | |
Date: | 6 May 1953 | |
Section: | Τ | |
Bibliography: | Muller (1997), pp. 50, 107, n. 67. | |
Hesperia 39 (1970), p. 127, n. 45. | ||
References: | Publication: Hesperia 39 (1970) Image: 2004.01.1734 (HAT 53-229) Card: A 2306 |