| Collection: | | Corinth |
| Type: | | Object |
| Name: | | KN 80 |
| Title: | | RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PORTABLE ALTAR |
| Category: | | Minor Finds |
| Category Code: | | KN |
| Object Number: | | 80 |
| Description: | | Cyma reversa type. Hollow rectangular portable altar with cyma reversa base molding. Cyma reversa decorated with Lesbain leaf and dart pattern in relief. Base molding: half-round (H. 0.008), cyma reversa (H. 0.013), fascia (H. 0.008). Possibly to be associated with KN 81 (NB114 P37). |
| Decoration: | | Top surface of half-round and interior of leaves painted black. Darts painted red. Face and top of fascia painted black. |
| Material: | | Orange buff clay with numerous reddish brown inclusions. |
| Munsell Color: | | 5YR 7/6 |
| Condition: | | Fragment. One fragment preserves part of bottom of one side, with bottom edge and base molding (complete). Interior surface preserved. |
| Dimensions Preserved: | | p.L. 0.043; p.H. 0.030 |
| Period: | | Classical |
| Chronology: | | Early 4th cen BC or 1st half 5th acc. to Corinth XV-2 |
| Area: | | Potters' Quarter |
| Context: | | NB108 P141 |
| Provenance: | | Corinth |
| Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter. West of Terracotta Factory. NB108 141 |
| Bibliography: | | Corinth XV-2, 272-273, 281, no. 65, pl. 59; Hesperia 1959, 143; Rupp, Greek Altars, cat. TC 23, fig. 325. |
| Site: | | Corinth |
| City: | | Ancient Corinth |
| Country: | | Greece |
| References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 71 (pp. 140 - 141)
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