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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 9406 | | Title: | | RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PORTABLE ALTAR | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 9406 | | Description: | | Cyma reversa type. Hollow rectangular portable altar with cyma reversa base molding, side panel(s) with figural deocration in relief, cyma reversa(?) crowning molding, and flat top. Crowning molding decorated with Lesbian leaf and dart pattern in relief. Interior surface roughly striated, showing signs of bonding with another side to the right. Base molding: fascia (H. 0.009), cyma reversa (H. 0.016). Crowning molding: cyma reversa(?), fascia(?), total H 0.030. | | Decoration: | | Seated figures type. Fascia of base molding painted red. Convex surface of cyma reversa of base molding painted black. On panel, male in low relief, seated on low cushion, faces right. Arms missing. Figure wears heavy cloack with hem striped in black and three tassels hanging from corner. Foot and face are painted red, and hair is painted black. Darts of crowning molding painted red. | | Material: | | Pale buff clay with numerous dark brown inclusions. Darker, moderately thick slip. | | Munsell Color: | | 10 YR 8/3; 7.5YR 8/4 (slip) | | Condition: | | Fragment. One fragment preserves part of one side, with part of bottom edge, base molding (complete profile), part of panel with relief decoration, crowning molding (no complete profile), and tiny area of top. Interior surface preserved. | | Manufacture: | | Moldmade | | Dimensions Actual: | | Th. 0.018 | | Dimensions Preserved: | | L. 0.069; H. 0.134 | | Area: | | North Market | | Context: | | NB206 P105 | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Bibliography: | | Hesperia 1950, 347, pl. 110D center (as MF 2406); Lisle, Cults of Corinth (Johns Hopkins PhD) 1955, 24, FN. 204; Nilsson, Festschrift fur B. Schweitzer 1955, 220, 221; Rupp, Greek Altars (Bryn Mawr PhD) 1974, cat TC 24, fig. 326. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: North Market
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