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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | A 2012 1 | | Title: | | MARBLE LION-HEAD SPOUT | | Category: | | Architecture | | Category Code: | | A | | Year: | | 2012 | | Object Number: | | 1 | | Description: | | Lion-head water spout from sima. Muzzle rounded, small circular deeply drilled nostril holes with three whiskers to each side. Open mouth with teeth straight across, worn into rounded projections on roof of mouth. Indents at either side of nose bridge for inner corners of eyes. Hollowed palate with rough chisel marks. Hollowed water channel. Cf. A-1075. | | Material: | | Medium-grained white marble | | Condition: | | Fragment. One piece preserving nose bridge to upper muzzle and teeth. Teeth worn in center, canines broken. | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H. 0.085, W. 0.081, L. 0.072 | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context: | | Nezi Field, context 765 | | Findspot Description: | | N 1013.53 E 266.40 Elevation 86.26 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2012 0708
Basket: Nezi Field, context 765
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