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) |