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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 11149 | | Title: | | RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PORTABLE ALTAR | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 11149 | | Description: | | Cyma reversa type. Hollow(?) rectangular portable altar with cyma reversa crowning molding and flat top. Cyma reversa decorated with Lesbian leaf and dart pattern in relief. Apparently from the same mold as MF 8586, MF 8587, MF 8774, and MF 1977-4. Top and fascia of molding show burning marks. Crowning molding: cyma reversa (H. 0.022), fascia (H. 0.011). | | Decoration: | | Molding darts painted black. Interior of leafves painted red with central ridge reserved. Red stripe across top of fascia face. | | Material: | | Buff clay with reddish brown inclusions. Moderately thin slip. | | Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/3 | | Condition: | | Fragment. One fragment preserves upper edge of one side, with crowning molding (complete profile), and small area of top. Interior surface not preserved. | | Manufacture: | | Moldmade | | Dimensions Preserved: | | L. 0.051; H. 0.035 | | Area: | | Forum | | Context: | | NB220 B5 P71 | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Findspot Description: | | NB220 B5 P71 L4949; FIB255 N1096 | | Bibliography: | | Rupp, Greek Altars (Bryn Mawr PhD) 1974, cat TC 25, fig. 327. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Forum
Basket: NB220 B5 P71
Notebook Page: NB 220, spread 40 (pp. 70 - 71)
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