Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | V 122 | |
Title: | VOTIVE MALE GENITALS | |
Category: | Votive | |
Category Code: | V | |
Object Number: | 122 | |
Description: | Mouldmade genitals on plaque. Plaque has raised band at top and directly below band in center two holes for suspension pierce the plaque. Shape of pubic hair is schematic, three points of a star; just above penis vertical gouges to indicate hair. | |
Decoration: | White slip, blue paint on plaque, red paint on genitals. | |
Material: | Fine pink to light brown clay, with few, medium, spherical, rounded, black inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/4 (pink) to 7/5YR 6/4 (light brown) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact; tip of penis missing, traces of slip, paint remaining on clay surface. | |
Manufacture: | F28 M MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. of plaque 0.077, W. of plaque 0.067, H. of genitals 0.061, W. of genitals 0.052, W. of left testicle 0.021, H. of left testicle 0.031 | |
Findspot Description: | Asklepieion, Votive Deposit V | |
Bibliography: | Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 43, p. 122 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951 Images (6) |