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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 10935 | | Title: | | RATTLE, EGG-SHAPED | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 10935 | | Description: | | The object is shaped to look like an egg. Its size is a bit smaller than the average hen egg today. It has a circular hole in the narrow end, perhaps for insertion of a handle, or possibly a vent hole to prevent it from bursting during firing. Though the fusion line can barely be discerned, it clearly shows that the rattle was made in two pieces and attached after insertion of clay pellets inside. | | Decoration: | | The object was covered in white slip and decorated with red paint in a pattern of some kind atop the slip. | | Material: | | Fine clay. | | Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/4 | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Intact, heavily incrusted. | | Manufacture: | | HM | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H. 0.044; Diam. 0.033 | | Period: | | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | | Area: | | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | | Context: | | NB250 B4 P52, LOT 1988 | | Bibliography: | | Klinger, 2021, Corinth XVIII.8, no.136 | | Site: | | Acrocorinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Image: bw 1965 017 29
Basket: NB250 B4 P52
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