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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11603 | |
| Title: | RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PORTABLE ALTAR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11603 | |
| Description: | Cyma reversa type. Hollow rectangular portable altar with plain back and cyma reversa base molding on other side(s). Cyma reversa decorated with egg and dart pattern in relief. Base molding: fascia (H. 0.026), cyma reversa (H. 0.025), shallow groove (H. 0.022). | |
| Material: | Pinkish buff clay with reddish brown inclusions. Fired darker at core. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/4; 5YR 7/6 (core) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. One fragment preserves lower right rear corner, with bottom surface, part of back, base molding on right side (complete), and small area of right side panel. Interior surface preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | Moldmade | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | p.L. 0.105; p.W. 0.064; p.H. 0.084 | |
| Area: | Anaploga | |
| Context: | NB269 B18 P78 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | FIB274 N580 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 1969, 17, no. 24, fig. 3, pl. 4; Rupp, Greek Altars, cat. TC 31, figs. 335-336. | |
| Site: | Anaploga | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Anaploga Images (4) |
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