Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | V 197 | |
Title: | VOTIVE LARGE FEMALE BREAST | |
Category: | Votive | |
Category Code: | V | |
Object Number: | 197 | |
Description: | Large breast, hemispherical with pronounced button-like nipple. Hollow and handmade, possibly coiled; flat edge with bits of added clay where applied to missing plaque. | |
Decoration: | Traces of white slip. | |
Material: | Fine buff clay with rare fine voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Three joining fragments, breast complete, detached from plaque. | |
Manufacture: | F28 F HM | |
Dimensions Actual: | Diam. of breast 0.192, Diam. of nipple 0.017 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.055 | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | Context last quarter 4th c. | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Asklepieion | |
Bibliography: | Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 29, p. 122 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951 Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 2003 003 33 |