Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | V 167 | |
Title: | VOTIVE ARM | |
Category: | Votive | |
Category Code: | V | |
Object Number: | 167 | |
Description: | Mouldmade upper arm, from above elbow. Hollow, bottom opening closed with flat clay cap; at top rounded; large hole in top; suspension hole (Diam. 0.010) in either side near top. Arm roughly shaped with muscles modelled; two ridges for something anatomical at back or front of arm, possibly for tricep muscle (back of arm). | |
Decoration: | White slip. | |
Material: | Fine buff to purple brown clay, with rare, medium to very large, angular to sub-rounded, brown and white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete, 19 joining fragments, mended, RIP. Small patches white slip remaining, darker discolorations or traces of paint on clay surface. | |
Manufacture: | F28 MM | |
Dimensions Restored: | H. 0.268, W. 0.084 | |
Findspot Description: | Asklepieion, Votive Deposit V | |
Bibliography: | Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 62, p. 123 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951 Images (4) |