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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KT 28138 | | Title: | | HORSE AND RIDER FIGURINE | | Category: | | Minor Finds | | Category Code: | | KT | | Object Number: | | 28 | | Object Suffix: | | 138 | | Description: | | Handmade horse and rider figurine; horse stands with weight evenly distributed across all legs, with thick triangular tail held at an upward angle. The horse's muzzle is narrow with the head swelling towards the eyes; 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. Similar to KT 28-135, KT 28-136, and KT 28-137 from the same deposit and KT 28-126 (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, inv. XXIII, 33) from Deposit 2. | | | | 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; 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 are the feet. The rider has a disk face and a thick polos. Similar to KT 28-135, KT 28-137and 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, traces of red pigment on head. | | | | Traces of white slip over all, traces of red pigment on rider. | | Material: | | Fine reddish yellow clay with rare medium inclusions and rare fine voids | | Munsell Color: | | 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | | Condition: | | Missing parts. One frgt preserving all of horse and right leg and hand of rider, white slip pigment very poorly preserved | | | | Complete or intact. Two joining frgts preserving complete horse and rider, white slip pigment very poorly preserved | | Manufacture: | | F07 M HM | | Weight Description: | | 0.031 | | | | 0.033 | | Weight: | | 0.031 | | | | 0.033 | | 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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