| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | V 207a | |
| Title: | VOTIVE PLAQUE OF HORSE AND RIDER | |
| Category: | Votive | |
| Category Code: | V | |
| Object Number: | 207 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | V 207b | |
| Description: | Fragment of handmade terracotta plaque preserving the image of a horse and rider in very low relief, with horse's head outlined with lightly incised lines; mane short and curved over neck with undulating relief indicating hair, eye large and round, neck arched, reins curving from muzzle to a point over the withers. Plaque boundary extends beyond horse outline above neck, follows horse outline along top of head and a small opening in plaque demarcates cheek and neck of horse from reins. Back of plaque flat, but still rough. See also KT 40-4: though the relief is higher on KT 40-4, the shape of the horse's head is similar. | |
| Decoration: | White slip, Yellow (?) paint. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 7/6 to 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment, roughly triangular, broken on two sides, preserving most of horse's head and neck, broken at muzzle and under reins; flecks of slip and paint only remaining on clay surface, some discoloration. | |
| Manufacture: | F10 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.009 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.075, H. 0.069 | |
| Area: | Asklepieion | |
| Context: | NB122 P201 | |
| Findspot Description: | Asklepieion, Votive Deposit V | |
| Site: | Asklepeion | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: digital 2020 0474 Basket: NB122 P201 |
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