| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2465 | |
| Title: | RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PORTABLE ALTER | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 2465 | |
| Description: | Hollow rectangular portable alter with crude triple stepped base moulding and flat side panels with relief decoration on one (?) side raised on a plaque 0.002 above surface. Base moulding: Faschia (H. 0.007, Fascia (H. 0.005), Fascia (H 0.007). | |
| Decoration: | Dionysos maenad and satyr type. on left side three standing figures are portrayed in relief. On the left a maenad turns to the right and draws the face if the central figure toward her own. The nude, frontally-posed central figure, dionysos, is flanked on the right side by a draped satyr who steps out from behind him and turns to the left. Related to tarentine alter by form and subject. (Melanges D'Archeologie et D'Histoire 1929, 68-69, Pl II-1) and subject parallels on Megarian bowls (AJA 1941, PL. I A-1). | |
| Material: | Evenly fired red clay | |
| Munsell Color: | 5yr 6/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Two joining fragments preserve a front corner, with bottom edge, base moulding (complete profile), most of left side panel with relief decoration, and part of right panel. Interior surface preserved with traces of second corner. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.010 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.078, H. 0.077 | |
| Area: | Peribolos of Apollo | |
| Context: | NB120 P219 | |
| Findspot Description: | Peribolos of Apollo, Mosaic trench near high north wall. NB 120 p. 219, June 20, 1931. | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 889 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Peribolos of Apollo Image: bw 2830 Image: bw 1966 040 17 Notebook Page: NB 120, spread 20 (pp. 219 - 220) |
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