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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KT 28137 | | Title: | | HORSE AND RIDER FIGURINE | | Category: | | Minor Finds | | Category Code: | | KT | | Object Number: | | 28 | | Object Suffix: | | 137 | | Description: | | Handmade horse and rider figurine; horse stands with weight evenly distributed across all legs, with thick triangular tail held horizontally. The horse's muzzle is narrow with the head swelling towards the eyes, visible seam under head; the horse's ears are not distinguished from the prominent and projecting forelock of the mane. The rider's hands attach to the horse's neck just behind the head and are very flat and broad, as is the one preserved foot. Similar to KT 28-135, KT 28-136, and KT 28-138 from the same deposit and KT 28-126 (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, inv. XXIII, 33) from Deposit 2. | | Decoration: | | Traces of white slip over all, red pigment on rider, possible yellow pigment on horse. | | Material: | | Fine very pale brown clay with few medium rounded inclusions and few small voids | | Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | | Condition: | | Missing parts. Two joining frgts preserving all of horse, both hands and left foot of rider; white slip and pigment poorly preserved | | Manufacture: | | F07 M HM | | Weight Description: | | 0.025 | | Weight: | | 0.025 | | 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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