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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KT 28135 | | Title: | | HORSE AND RIDER FIGURINE | | Category: | | Minor Finds | | Category Code: | | KT | | Object Number: | | 28 | | Object Suffix: | | 135 | | Description: | | Handmade horse and rider figurine; horse stands with weight evenly distributed across all legs, with triangular tail held horizontally . The horse's muzzle is narrow with the head swelling towards the eyes, a visible seam runs under the head; the horse's ears are not distinguished from the forelock of the mane. Mane not preserved below the crown of the head , where it is very prominent and bends forward. The rider's hands attach to the horse's neck just behind the head and are very flat and broad. Similar to KT 28-138 from the same deposit. | | Decoration: | | Traces of white slip on body and front foot | | Material: | | Fine pale yellow clay with rare rounded medium inclusions and rare medium voids | | Munsell Color: | | 2.5Y 8/2 (pale yellow) | | Condition: | | Missing parts. Ten joining frgts preserving most of horse, except right foreleg and several small body frgts, and right hand and part of right leg of rider. | | Manufacture: | | F07 M HM | | Weight Description: | | 0.026 | | Weight: | | 0.026 | | 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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