Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 3753 | |
Title: | LEG OF HORSE | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Object Number: | 3753 | |
Description: | Oval-shaped limb, resembling horse's leg, distinguished by rounded bone and fetlock at lower back. Surface bumpy from flat chisel, as if for rough skin. Lower edge, on which coating of cement, attached to base by dowel L00.022 D00.014 m. Somewhat larger than "Chiron's" rt. foreleg. | |
Material: | Fine-grained white marble, probably Pentelic | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., broken either end; surface worn, weathered; chipped at back. | |
Dimensions Actual: | W00.088 (top) W00.117 (bottom) T00.069 (top) T00.078 (bottom) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.172 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Chronology: | Roman | |
Area: | Early Excavations | |
Context: | Early Excavations, From Museum marble pile | |
Bibliography: | Sturgeon 2004, Corinth 9.3, cat. 23A | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Sturgeon, Corinth 9:3, 2004 Monument: Early Excavations Basket: Early Excavations, From Museum marble pile |