| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 9674 | |
| Title: | RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PORTABLE ALTAR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 9674 | |
| Description: | Hawksbeak type. Hollow rectangular portable altar with plain back, hawksbeak crowning molding, and flat top. Crowning molding: lower element(s) missing, hawksbeak upper surface H. 0.011, fascia H. 0.011 | |
| Decoration: | Doric leaf patterns painted on upper and lower surfaces of hawksbeak. Leaves painted red and black in alternation, both horizontally and vertically. Interstices painted black. | |
| Material: | Buff clay wtih reddish brown inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment preserves upper right rear corner with very small portion of back, part of crowning molding (incomplete profile), and very small part of top. Curve of interior surface preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | Moldmade | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.055, W. 0.035, H. 0.039 | |
| Area: | Forum southwest | |
| Context: | NB205 P101 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Rupp, Greek Altars (Bryn Mawr PhD) 1974, cat TC 15. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum southwest |
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