Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 28128 | |
Title: | HORSE AND RIDER FIGURINE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 28 | |
Object Suffix: | 128 | |
Description: | Handmade horse and rider figurine; horse stands with weight evenly distributed across all four leg, triangular tail held horizontally and continuing line of back, rider situated very close to the horse's neck. Very similar to KT 28-129 through KT 28-134, from the same deposit. | |
Material: | Fine white clay with rare, small, white, rounded inclusions and rare small voids | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/2 (white) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Four joining frgts preserving body, tail, three legs, and lower neck of horse and lower body of rider. Missing back left leg of horse, head, and upper body of rider. Several deep gouges on body. | |
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) |