| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2001 19 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: PILASTER, TORTOISE? | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2001 | |
| Object Number: | 19 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade figurine consisting of a stele or pilaster at left with base and crowning mouldings and sides that taper in toward the center and out again, flat on top. To right is a large convex object projecting in high relief from a background that is continuous with pilaster. The object continues above the top of the pilaster. Its surface is broken into convex segments like the shell of a tortoise or possibly a pine cone. The pilaster is solid while the shell (?) is hollow. | |
| Decoration: | Incised on the front of the pilaster is a long branch with pointed leaves (myrtle?). Dull brown black glaze over all. | |
| Material: | Fine buff clay without noticeable inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Three joining frgts. broken all edges; glaze partly worn. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.075 W00.052 H00.057 (pilaster) | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | ? Hellenistic? 70? Roman? | |
| Area: | Panayia | |
| Context: | NB935 B94 P188 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panayia Image: bw 2001 020 13 Basket: NB935 B94 P188 Notebook Page: NB 935, spread 99 (pp. 188 - 189) |
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