| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KT 30003 | |
| Title: | MULE WITH MONKEY RIDER FIGURINE | |
| Category: | Minor Finds | |
| Category Code: | KT | |
| Object Number: | 30 | |
| Object Suffix: | 003 | |
| Description: | Handmade monkey with mule. Body of monkey turned to right, holds in bent arms long object (loaf of bread? Cf. KT 25-21), round in section, pointed at ends, surface crossed by horizontal grooves. Hands mitten-shaped. Head similar to KT 30-1 except here two small holes indicate nostrils. Right ear has small hole. One head, long applied fillet; at top three disks, placed with upper halves appearing above edge. Clay added between under side of leg and flank of mule to indicate genitals. Similar to KT 30-1 and KT 30-2. | |
| Material: | Yellowish buff clay, partly fired red. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/4 pink | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving traces of mule and mostly complete monkey: right leg broken off. | |
| Manufacture: | F07 M HM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.079 | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | middle or 3rd quarter of 4th c., according to Corinth 15.2 | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB114 P138 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth. | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, East Room, Deposit 6. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, Class XXIV, cat. 3, p. 178 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: digital 2013 1157 Image: digital 2013 1158 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 75 (pp. 138 - 139) |
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