Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | V 217 | |
Title: | VOTIVE MALE GENITALS | |
Category: | Votive | |
Category Code: | V | |
Object Number: | 217 | |
Description: | Mouldmade male genitals attached to plaque, made separately. Plaque finished and flattened on all sides. Anatomy modelled on votive, with incised lines for pubic hair, and incised lines at tip of penis. Testicle separation not demarcated. | |
Decoration: | White slip and red paint on plaque, red paint only on votive. | |
Material: | Fine light brown clay, with rare, large to very large, subrounded to angular, platy to spherical, black inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 6/4 (light brown) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Single fragment, plaque broken from bottom left corner across the top, votive broken above testicles, pubic area missing. Surface preserves large areas of slip and paint. | |
Manufacture: | F28 M MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | W. 0.101, Th. of plaque 0.012, L. of penis 0.060, W. of testicles 0.062, H. of left testicle 0.050, Th. of votive 0.063 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.079 | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB113 P46, LOT 1931 034 | |
Findspot Description: | Asklepieion, Votive Deposit IV | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 5739 Basket: NB113 P46 |