Corinth Object: V 239
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   V 239
Title:   VOTIVE MALE GENITALS
Category:   Votive
Category Code:   V
Object Number:   239
Description:   Male genitals attached to plaque. Plaque has gabled top with suspension holes near corners; a third just above pubic area. Public area made of a separate layer/piece of clay, pressed on to plaque before firing.
Decoration:   White slip, red paint applied on pubic area, and blue paint with red accents on plaque.
Material:   Fine pink to reddish yellow clay.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/4 (pink) to 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Single fragment preserving top of plaque, broken all around. Pointed top of pubic area only preserved, no details, with penis broken. Flecks of white slip with blue and red paint remaining on clay surface.
Manufacture:   F28 M
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.073, W. 0.070, Th. Of plaque 0.008
Findspot Description:   Asklepieion, Votive Deposit V
Bibliography:   Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 47, p. 122
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951