| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 13612 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA PORTABLE RECTANGULAR ALTAR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 13612 | |
| Old Number: | FM 13 (lapsed) | |
| Description: | Ovolo type. Hollow portable rectangular altar with flat top and parts of two vertical faces crowned by ovolo decorated with egg and dart in relief (H. 0.016), crowning fascia (H. 0.008). Execution careless, molding large and flatter on the side. | |
| Decoration: | Vertical faces painted black. Eggs have traces of red paint. Fascia may have been painted with beed and reel. Flat top preserves traces of paint, maybe scrolls. | |
| Material: | Fine clay with coarse grey, finer inclusions. Fired fine buff surface slip. | |
| Munsell Color: | Between 7.5YR and 10YR 7/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment preserving upper right corner with flat top surface and crowning molding. Very worn. | |
| Manufacture: | Moldmade | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.078; L. 0.096; W. 0.041 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB106 P135 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth XV.2, p. 282, no. 68 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter |
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