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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KT 28121 | | Title: | | HORSE AND RIDER FIGURINE | | Category: | | Minor Finds | | Category Code: | | KT | | Object Number: | | 28 | | Object Suffix: | | 121 | | Description: | | Handmade horse and rider figurine; horse stands with weight evenly distributed across all four legs, with rider situated very close to the horse's neck. The horse's muzzle is narrow with the head swelling towards the eyes; the rounded ears are set wider than the face. Mane forms a low crest, flattened at the crown of the head and bent forward. The rider's body is body is flattened at the attachment point. Trace of the rider's left hand on the horse's neck. Similar to KT 28-124 from the same deposit. | | Decoration: | | Black stripe down nose and back, onto tail, traces of black for eyes, black on the rider's foot; red on the horse's muzzle and rider's body. | | Material: | | Fine very pale brown clay with few fine inclusions and rare fine voids | | Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | | Condition: | | Missing parts. One frgt preserving body and head of horse, left foreleg and most of tail missing; right leg, lower body, and left thigh of rider preserved; slip flaking and faded. | | Manufacture: | | F07 M HM | | Weight Description: | | 0.016 | | Weight: | | 0.016 | | Period: | | 4th c. B.C. | | Chronology: | | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 23) | | Area: | | Potters' Quarter | | Context: | | NB108 P142 | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, South of Court, Deposit 1 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 72 (pp. 142 - 143)
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