| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2002 27 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA SNAKE STELE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2002 | |
| Object Number: | 27 | |
| Description: | Handmade snake relief, with long, thick rectangular plaque, wider at the top, narrowing down and curving to the right at the bottom, with square end at the top where preserved; snake crawiling upward on the front of the plaque; uneven surface on the back of the plaque; self-slipped. Corinth XV.ii, no. XXII,16; Corinth XII, no. 183. | |
| Attributes: | Snake | |
| Material: | Medium coarse clay fired gray in the core, red on the surface; with few medium to very large lime and black insclusions, and with few medium sparkling inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Core: 10YR 6/1 Surface: 2.5 YR 6/6 Self-slip: 7.5 YR 8/4 | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Single frgt., almost complete, bottom missing, top chipped. | |
| Manufacture: | HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W00.022 T00.010 (max plaque) T00.011 (with snake) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.090 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | Classical | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Context: | NB951 B5 P18, LOT 2002 023 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Sanders et al., Hesperia 83:1, 2014 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Sanders et al., Hesperia 83:1, 2014 Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 2005 002 08 Image: digital 2013 0991 Basket: NB951 B5 P18 |
|
