Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 64005 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA MINIATURE DOOR | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 64 | |
Object Suffix: | 005 | |
Description: | Flat plaque, roughly rectangular, with upper and lower edges convex. Two projecting points at corners represent pivots. Thin strip applied down center; across it three narrower horizontal strips (one missing), each with five small disks applied in imitation of metal studs. The color and quality of the clay and of the paint seem to indicate a date at least as early as the early 6th century. | |
Decoration: | Few accidental red spots on black. | |
Material: | Very hard yellow clay. | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete except for one decorative strip missing. | |
Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
Chronology: | Early 6th c. according to Corinth 15.2 | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | Potters' Quarter | |
Provenance: | Corinth. | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory. Altar Room. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 2, p. 210 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: digital 2015 0134 Basket: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 36 (pp. 62 - 63) |