Corinth Object: V 44
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   V 44
Title:   VOTIVE RIGHT LEG
Category:   Votive
Category Code:   V
Object Number:   44
Description:   Mouldmade right lower leg and foot. Leg is hollow, open at top, narrowing as it goes down and opening into a narrow slot in sole of foot, slot from heel to middle of foot. Leg only slightly shaped. Tendon, ankle bones, and toes modelled sketchily; gouge for seperation of toes, toe nails; sole flat, rough.
Decoration:   White slip, red paint.
Material:   Fine light orange clay, purple brown interior, with rare, medium to very large, rounded, spherical, brown inclusions
Munsell Color:   5YR 7/4 (pink) to 7.5YR 7/4 (pink)
Condition:   Missing parts. Complete, broken at ankle and mended; big toe missing; broken (?) just below knee. It is possible that fragment is not broken at top but is only missing the clay cap. Pale brown stain from red paint.
Manufacture:   F28 U MM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.446
Dimensions Preserved:   L. of foot 0.240, W. 0.116
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB122 P82, LOT 1931 032
Findspot Description:   Asklepieion, Votive Deposit II
Bibliography:   Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 78, p. 125
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951
Monument: Asklepieion
Images (6)
Basket: NB122 P82