| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KT 64004 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA MODEL SHRINE | |
| Category: | Minor Finds | |
| Category Code: | KT | |
| Object Number: | 64 | |
| Object Suffix: | 004 | |
| Description: | Rectangular model shrine consisting of floor and three low walls. Against back wall two tables with offerings. Table on right formed by cube supporting shelf with high, curved back and lower sides. Two horns project forward from front edge of shelf. On shelf figure of horse and rider, facing right. Edges of sheld and lower edge of support painted red. On back of shelf broken maeander in black. Tail and eye of horse black, also spots on sides. Table on left similar except shelf divided by central ridge into two compartments; back and sides lower. Front edge of shelf and central ridge painted red; row of Z maeander in black along upper edge. In either compartment figure of cylindrical female type, fashioned from roll of clay with strip laid across to represent oustreched arms. "Disk" faces. Larger figure on right has applied polos with ends hanging down back. Black paint on feet and arms, red on face, black dots for eyes and row of black dots on polos. Black on head of left figure. Two loops applied to front edge of shelf. The unusual object apparently is a representation of the actual type of shrine employed in th Potters' Quarter. From the type of clay and paint used and th presence of the broken maeander patern, all of which point to the Conventionalizing style, it seems probable that the model is to be dated in the first half of the 5th century. | |
| Decoration: | Black and red paint. Upper edges painted red. Irregular black streaks on outer surfaces of walls. | |
| Material: | Buff clay. | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Complete except for front edge of floor and small part of left side wall. Traces of red and black paint very poorly preserved, painting applied unevenly. Slide_3910 shows color preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | Handmade | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 1st half of 5th c. according to Corinth 15.2 | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Provenance: | Corinth. | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Trench XXII. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 1, p. 210 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: digital 2015 0132 Image: digital 2015 0133 Basket: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 75 (pp. 138 - 139) |
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