Corinth Object: V 192
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   V 192
Title:   VOTIVE MALE GENITALS
Category:   Votive
Category Code:   V
Object Number:   192
Description:   Mouldmade genitals attached to plaque. Two holes for suspension (diam. 0.004, 0.017 apart and level with each other) pierced through plaque above top of pubic hair. Grooves in side of scrotum to indicate skin and grooves between testicles.
Decoration:   Red paint.
Material:   Fine pink clay with greenish interior.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 8/3 to 7.5YR 8/4 (pink)
Condition:   Missing parts. Complete except penis broken off and bottom right corner and side of plaque missing, flecks of red paint remaining on surface of clay.
Manufacture:   F28 M MM
Dimensions Actual:   W. of plaque 0.073, H. of genitals 0.062, W. of genitals 0.065, W. of left testicle 0.022, H. of left testicle 0.038
Dimensions Preserved:   H. of plaque 0.073
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB113 P57, LOT 1931 034
Findspot Description:   Asklepieion, Votive Deposit IV
Bibliography:   Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 46, p. 122
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951
Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 2914
Image: bw 2005 029 10
Basket: NB113 P57