| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 9270 | |
| Title: | RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PORTABLE ALTAR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 9270 | |
| Related Objects: | MF 9271 | |
| Description: | Ovolo dentils type. Hollow rectangular portable altar, with ovolo base molding, side panels with relief decoration, crowning molding with dentils, and flat top with rounded rectangular depression. Ovolo molding decorated with egg and dart pattern in relief. Depression located 0.007 from right edge of top and 0.008 from left edge. Burn markings on interior and exterior of sides. Base molding: fascia (H. 0.006-0.009), ovolo (H. 0.005). Crowning molding: fascia (H. 0.004), dentil course (H. 0.006), fascia (H. 0.007). | |
| Decoration: | Seated figures type. Right panel bears seated male nude in relief, facing right. Nude's right hand raised before face, holding wind instrument(?). Traces of very thin white slip generally. | |
| Material: | Buff clay, fired darker at top of altar | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 8/3; 5YR 7/6 (top) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Three joining fragments preserve one corner with bottom edge, base molding (complete profile), part of side panels (relief decoration on left), crowning molding (complete profile), and part of top with corner of rounded depression | |
| Manufacture: | Moldmade | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.076; D. 0.011 (of top depression) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.051; W. 0.034 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | Hellenistic to Early Roman context | |
| Area: | Southeast Building | |
| Context: | NB191 P160 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Edwards 1986, Hesperia 55, p.396 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Southeast Building Basket: NB191 P160 |
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