Corinth Object: KT 28127
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KT 28127
Title:   HORSE AND RIDER FIGURINE
Category:   Minor Finds
Category Code:   KT
Object Number:   28
Object Suffix:   127
Description:   Small standing horse figurine with straight legs. Narrow pointed head swells at brow. Mane indicated by upright tongue-shaped attachment at top of head. Tube-shaped body with conical legs, pointed tail continuing line of body. Tip of rider's rounded right hand attached to neck; depressions for rider's other limbs visible.
Decoration:   Smoothing marks and finger prints.
Material:   Fine white clay with rare fine inclusions and rare round voids.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/2 (white)
Condition:   Missing parts. Three joining frgts preserving most of horse. Left back leg missing, rider missing except for part of right hand.
Manufacture:   F10 HM
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   Middle to 3rd quarter of the 4th c. B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 43)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P61
Provenance:   Corinth.
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, East Room, Deposit 6.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 35 (pp. 60 - 61)