Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 8079 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: HORSE-RIDER | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 8079 | |
Description: | Plaque with rearing horse, braced on back legs, long tail falling to plinth. On him a rider fully draped in a himation, which also covers bent right arm. Directed rt. but head turned out to viewer. Hair gathered in a roll, or close-cropped curls ? around head. White slip over all with black paint on background. Trace of red by hind leg. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving rider and back end of horse. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.17, W. 0.07 m. | |
Findspot Description: | Agora Northeast. From catch-basin associated with circular monument near starting line. April 9, 1937, NB SSW p. 283 | |
Bibliography: | Corinth 12, p. 20 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Image: color 0048 Notebook Page: NB 166, spread 68 (pp. 283 - 284) |