Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | V 192 | |
Title: | VOTIVE MALE GENITALS | |
Category: | Votive | |
Category Code: | V | |
Object Number: | 192 | |
Description: | Mouldmade genitals attached to plaque. Two holes for suspension (diam. 0.004, 0.017 apart and level with each other) pierced through plaque above top of pubic hair. Grooves in side of scrotum to indicate skin and grooves between testicles. | |
Decoration: | Red paint. | |
Material: | Fine pink clay with greenish interior. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/3 to 7.5YR 8/4 (pink) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Complete except penis broken off and bottom right corner and side of plaque missing, flecks of red paint remaining on surface of clay. | |
Manufacture: | F28 M MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | W. of plaque 0.073, H. of genitals 0.062, W. of genitals 0.065, W. of left testicle 0.022, H. of left testicle 0.038 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. of plaque 0.073 | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB113 P57, LOT 1931 034 | |
Findspot Description: | Asklepieion, Votive Deposit IV | |
Bibliography: | Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 46, p. 122 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951 Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 2914 Image: bw 2005 029 10 Basket: NB113 P57 |