Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 30008 | |
Title: | HORSE AND RIDER FIGURINE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 30 | |
Object Suffix: | 008 | |
Description: | Large horse or mule with rider. Horse has cylindrical body and stands with weight evenly distributed on conical legs. Triangular tail continues line of back. Triangular left leg of rider slightly bent at foot, right foot not distinguished from leg. Similar to KT 30-4 through KT 30-12. | |
Material: | Fine pink clay with rare fine inclusions and few small voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/4 (pink) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Six joining frgts preserving torso, legs, tail, and part of neck of horse, as well as lower legs of rider; missing head of horse and rider's head, body, and arms. | |
Manufacture: | F07 M HM | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | Middle to 3rd quarter of the 4th c. B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 43) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P61 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, East Room, Deposit 6. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 35 (pp. 60 - 61) |