| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 13164 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA RECTANGULAR PORTABLE ALTAR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 13164 | |
| Old Number: | C 1937-480 (lapsed) | |
| Description: | Hollow rectangular portable altar with side panel decorated in relief, cyma reversa crowning molding, and flat top surface with shallow circular depression located 0.029m from the left edge. Crowning molding: cyma reversa (H. 0.017), fascia (H. 0.011). Very damaged, measurements approxiamte. | |
| Decoration: | Horse and rider type. On left panel, horse and rider are depicted in shallow relief, galloping to the left. Only very distinct core of relief survives, no slip. Not the same mold as MF 8587, MF 8774, or MF 1977-4. | |
| Material: | Pale buff clay with numerous dark grey inclusions. Thin slip on top of altar. | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5YR 8/2 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. One fragment preserves a front corner with most of left side with relief decoration, part of right side crowning molding, and part of flat top surface with edge of rounded impression. Much battered. Interior surface preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | Moldmade | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | p.L. 0.121; p.W. 0.049; p.H. 0.108 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | r.Diam. (of circular depression) 0.08; r.W. 0.138 | |
| Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | c. 425-375 BC by context | |
| Area: | Forum south central | |
| Context: | NB162 P73 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum south central |
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