Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | V 219 | |
Title: | VOTIVE MALE GENITALS WITH GILDING | |
Category: | Votive | |
Category Code: | V | |
Object Number: | 219 | |
Description: | Mouldmade male genitals. One testicle solid, other partially hollow; flat in back. Grooves on side of testicle and between, incised lines on bottom, possibly for pubic hair. Anatomical features modelled. Fingerprints from maker, partially preserved in baked clay at back. | |
Decoration: | White slip, gold leaf. | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment preserving scrotum with end of penis; tip of penis missing. Gold well preserved. | |
Manufacture: | F28 M MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | W. of penis 0.027, W. of right testicle 0.027 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.043, W. 0.056 | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB126 P134 | |
Findspot Description: | Asklepieion, Kriebardi fill, Votive Deposit IV (possibly) | |
Bibliography: | Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 42, p. 122 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951 Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 5742 Basket: NB126 P134 |