Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | V 201 | |
Title: | VOTIVE FEMALE BREAST | |
Category: | Votive | |
Category Code: | V | |
Object Number: | 201 | |
Description: | Hollow, handmade breast, rounded but conical in form with smooth walls inside and out; small, raised bump at the top for the nipple; clumps of clay around rounded edge of base where attached to plaque. | |
Decoration: | White slip, yellow paint. | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/6 to 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Single fragment preserving complete breast with small chips from clay around base of votive; patches of slip and paint remaining on surface. | |
Manufacture: | F28 F HM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.052, Diam. 0.078, Diam. of nipple 0.012 | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB122 P198, LOT 1931 035 | |
Findspot Description: | Asklepieion, Votive Deposit V | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Basket: NB122 P198 |