Corinth Object: V 159
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   V 159
Title:   VOTIVE LEFT FOOT
Category:   Votive
Category Code:   V
Object Number:   159
Description:   Mouldmade left foot and ankle. Cap over opening in top of hollow ankle. Holes pierced through sides on ankle near top. Sole roughly finished, very slight arch for instep. Ankle bones, toes and nails modelled, with grooves separating toes and incised lines indicating nails.
Decoration:   White slip, yellow to beige paint.
Material:   Fine buff clay, with few, medium to large, rounded, spherical, black to brown inclusions.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/2 (white) to 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Four joining fragments, mended; top of ankle and part of top of foot RIP; end of big toe missing; rest damaged. Clay cap RIP. Large areas of slip preserved, traces of paint.
Manufacture:   F28 MM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.100, L. 0.207
Dimensions Restored:   W. 0.086
Findspot Description:   Asklepieion, Votive Deposit V
Bibliography:   Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 101, p. 127
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951
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