| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | T 2108 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA HORSE ON WHEELS | |
| Category: | Miscellaneous | |
| Category Code: | T | |
| Object Number: | 2108 | |
| Old Number: | TC-213 CH-224 | |
| Description: | Horse on wheels with long barrel-shaped body widening at shoulders with projecting breast, arched neck, well-modeled head with flaring nostrils, projection at tip of upright mane, pointed ears, flat projecting disc for tail; wheels are solid disks, pierced at center with 6 spokes in low relief. Hole just behind muzzle for cord Diam. 0.003. Holes through shoulders and hindquarters for wheels. | |
| Decoration: | White slip over all, traces of pinkish red on nostrils, shoulders, projection, chest. | |
| Material: | Moderately fine clay with dense admixture of fine angular red mudstone and lime inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Slightly pinker than 10YR 7/4 | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Intact, but missing one wheel, RIP; wheels reassembled with pins and plastic washers. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.131 L00.245 W00.075 | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Area: | Cheliotomylos | |
| Context: | NB553 P136 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Cheliotomylos Image: bw 1966 131 08 Basket: NB553 P136 |
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