Corinth Object: MF 10311
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 10311
Title:   TERRACOTTA ALTAR
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   10311
Description:   Portable terracotta altar with rectangular top depression and horns projecting at the upper corners. Around the exterior just below the top runs a horizontal applique band of clay with finger indentations.
Material:   Pinkish-buff clay with crushed brick or tile inclusions; creamy-yellow slip.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/4
Condition:   Fragment. Single fragment preserves upper part of one corner, including one horn.
Dimensions Preserved:   p.H. 0.17; p.W. 0.017
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Found by J.R. Wiseman in field of (north of the path leading to the Kraneion Basilica and south of the amphitheater), August 1961
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 1961 040 05