| Collection: | | Corinth |
| Type: | | Object |
| Name: | | MF 13688 |
| Title: | | TERRACOTTA PORTABLE RECTANGULAR HOUSE ALTAR |
| Category Code: | | MF |
| Object Number: | | 13688 |
| Description: | | Rectangular altar, cyma reversa type. Cyma reversa crowning molding in relief (H. 0.025) with above fascia (H. 0.008). Flat upper surface. |
| Decoration: | | Molding worked with egg and dart (two preserved). Plastic border surrounding egg painted black, also edge of dart. The rest is reserved. Fascia stripped black, reserved, red. |
| Material: | | Fine clay with some fine white and black inclusions. Fired pink at core, pale buff surface. |
| Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/3 (surface). 5YR 7/6 (core) |
| Condition: | | Fragment. Single fragment from crowning molding, part of front and top surfaces. Broken ends and back. |
| Dimensions Preserved: | | p.H. 0.045; p.L. 0.057; p.Th. 0.02 |
| Period: | | Classical |
| Area: | | Forum south central |
| Context: | | NB160 P100 |
| Provenance: | | Corinth |
| Site: | | Corinth |
| City: | | Ancient Corinth |
| Country: | | Greece |
| References: | | Monument: Forum south central
Notebook Page: NB 160, spread 57 (pp. 100 - 101)
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