| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | V 137 | |
| Title: | VOTIVE LEG | |
| Category: | Votive | |
| Category Code: | V | |
| Object Number: | 137 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade left leg with buttock and foot. Hollow leg; opening in top covered with flat clay cap; hole in center of cap, max. p. dim. 0.043. On front at top projecting lump of clay perhaps only method of finishing limb at top. One hole in each side just below top. Heavy set, muscular leg. Modelled details: dimple in outer part of buttock; sinew behind knee; circular knee cap with flesh around it; shin bone; tendon; ankle bones and toes. Flat sole. Incised nails. | |
| Decoration: | Red paint. | |
| Material: | Fine yellow buff to buff clay. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete; approximately 35 fragments, mended, RIP. Big toe missing, little toe damaged. | |
| Manufacture: | F28 MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.850 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. of foot 0.252 | |
| Area: | Asklepieion | |
| Findspot Description: | Asklepieion | |
| Bibliography: | Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 85, p. 125 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951 Monument: Asklepieion Images (5) |
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