Corinth Object: V 219
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