Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 29038 | |
Title: | HORSE FIGURINE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 29 | |
Object Suffix: | 038 | |
Description: | Small handmade horse figurine standing with weight balanced evenly on legs. Surviving leg is conical. Body is cylindrical and triangular tail continues line of back. Short neck and simple, pointed head. Applied trianglular mane between ears and down neck. Ears at back of head. | |
Decoration: | Traces of brown paint on mane and eyes. | |
Material: | Fine, very pale brown clay with rare medium white inclusions and rare small voids | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 7/3 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Missing both left legs and right forelegs, as well as ears. | |
Manufacture: | F10 HM | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | 2nd half of the 5th c. B.C. or later (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P149 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 9. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 80 (pp. 148 - 149) |