| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | V 158 | |
| Title: | VOTIVE RIGHT FOOT | |
| Category: | Votive | |
| Category Code: | V | |
| Object Number: | 158 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade right foot and ankle. Hollow, opening at top of ankle closed by a smooth cap of clay, joint of cap and ankle also smoothed. Holes pierce top of cap (Diam. 0.007) and bottom of sole (Diam. 0.006) directly below. Heel flat; slight arch for instep; modelling for ball of foot. Ankle bones are flat projections. Tendon, toes and nails modelled with deep grooves between toes separating them. | |
| Decoration: | Pale orange slip, red paint. | |
| Material: | Fine buff clay, with common, medium to small, rounded, spherical, black inclusions, and rare, large to very large, rounded to subrounded, spherical, gray and brown inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/2 (pink) to 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Three joining fragments, mended; complete; chip out of heel; second and third toes broken; big toe nail damaged. Large patches of paint remaining. | |
| Manufacture: | F28 MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.111, L. of big toe 0.045, W. 0.090, W. of big toe 0.028 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | L . 0.235 | |
| Findspot Description: | Asklepieion, Votive Deposit V | |
| Bibliography: | Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 100, p. 127 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951 Images (4) |
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