Corinth Object: V 169
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   V 169
Title:   VOTIVE HAND
Category:   Votive
Category Code:   V
Object Number:   169
Description:   Mouldmade right hand and wrist. Hand solid, wrist hollow. A hole pierces wrist, one on each side. Thumb held close to second finger; second finger bent; fourth finger is crooked and leans in toward middle finger. Incised lines at joint of wrist and hand, in palm, on backs of fingers at joints and finger nails.
Decoration:   Pale orange slip.
Material:   Fine buff clay.
Condition:   Missing parts. Complete; large piece missing out of top of hand; middle, little, and end of second finger missing. Thumb and second and fourth finger broken and mended.
Manufacture:   F28 MM
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.207
Area:   Asklepieion
Findspot Description:   Asklepieion
Bibliography:   Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 67, p. 124
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951
Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 2005 030 02
Image: bw 2005 030 03