Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 28113 | |
Title: | HORSE AND RIDER FIGURINE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 28 | |
Object Suffix: | 113 | |
Description: | Horse and rider figurine. Horse stands with weight balanced on four conical legs. Body tubular and triangular tail continues line of back. Head narrows to muzzle. Ears and mane indicated by same triangular projection arching over face. Part of rider's right hand attached to neck of horse. Similar to many horses from the Potters' Quarter, including KT 28-98. | |
Material: | Fine, pale brown clay with few small inclusions and few small linear voids on interior. | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/2 (pale brown) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Two joining frgts. Missing tip of nose, right front leg, back left leg, and most of rider except right hand. | |
Manufacture: | F07 HM | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | 2nd half of the 5th c. B.C. or later (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P135 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 8. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 73 (pp. 134 - 135) |