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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KN 79 | | Title: | | RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PORTABLE ALTAR | | Category: | | Minor Finds | | Category Code: | | KN | | Object Number: | | 79 | | Description: | | Cyma recta ovolo type. Hollow rectangular portable altar with base to crowning molding sequence (cyma recta decorated with a two-tier Lesbian leaf pattern in relief), and a flat top. Base molding: fascia (H. 0.009), cyma recta (H. 0.022). Crowning molding: ovolo (H. 0.008), fascia (H. 0.010). | | Decoration: | | Red stripe on edge of upper surface. Narrow flat band, unpainted, at top. Below, band of broad flat leaves, pointing upward, on black background. Below this, cyma reversa moulding with 2 rows of pointed leaves reserved on black background. Reserved band at bottom. | | Material: | | Buff clay with numerous reddish brown inclusions. Paler, moderately thick slip. | | Munsell Color: | | 5YR 7/6; 7.5YR 8/4 (slip) | | Condition: | | Fragment. One fragment preserves part of one side, with bottom edge, base to crowning molding sequence (complete), and part of top. Interior surface preserved. | | Dimensions Actual: | | H. 0.049 | | Dimensions Preserved: | | p.L. 0.066; p.W. 0.034 | | Area: | | Potters' Quarter | | Context: | | NB123 P116 | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter. NB 123 111 | | Bibliography: | | Corinth XV-2, 272-273, 282, no. 66, pl. 59; Rupp, Greek Altars, cat. TC 40. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 123, spread 63 (pp. 115 - 116)
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