Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 13688 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA PORTABLE RECTANGULAR HOUSE ALTAR | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 13688 | |
Description: | Rectangular altar, cyma reversa type. Cyma reversa crowning molding in relief (H. 0.025) with above fascia (H. 0.008). Flat upper surface. | |
Decoration: | Molding worked with egg and dart (two preserved). Plastic border surrounding egg painted black, also edge of dart. The rest is reserved. Fascia stripped black, reserved, red. | |
Material: | Fine clay with some fine white and black inclusions. Fired pink at core, pale buff surface. | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 (surface). 5YR 7/6 (core) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment from crowning molding, part of front and top surfaces. Broken ends and back. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | p.H. 0.045; p.L. 0.057; p.Th. 0.02 | |
Period: | Classical | |
Area: | Forum south central | |
Context: | NB160 P100 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum south central Notebook Page: NB 160, spread 57 (pp. 100 - 101) |