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) |