| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 14544 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA HOUSE ALTAR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 14544 | |
| Description: | Rectangular house altar with vertical face crowned by cyma reversa moulding with Lesbian leaf and dart in relief, crowning fascia; top surface flat in so far as preserved. For type see MF 1970 3. | |
| Decoration: | Moulding: Lesbian leaf outlined in reserved relief band, heart painted red; darts black with reserved outline at tip. Fascia red with thin black stripe above. | |
| Material: | Coarse with ca. 5% fine to coarse mudstone inclusions, thin fine surface layer, fired. | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5YR 7.5/3 to pink at core | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt. preserving part of one face with crowning moulding and part of top, broken at bottom, sides, back of top surface. | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Area: | Museum west | |
| Context: | NB184 P16 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Museum west Image: digital 2021 0299 |
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