Corinth Object: V 197
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