| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 1955 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA PORTABLE ALTAR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 1955 | |
| Description: | Hollow rectangular portable altar with flat side panel(s) bearing painted figural decoration. | |
| Decoration: | Running figures type. Panel shows two nude figures running right. Only parts of legs and lower torsos survive. Male in forground, raising proper left leg above horizontal in long stride, painted in red with incised outline and detail. Satyr(? Or silen?) in background, with tail and hoof, is shown in step in same position, painted black with incised detail. | |
| Material: | Buff pink clay inclusions with numerous dark gray inclusions. Paler, thin white slip. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/4 (pink); Slip: 2.5Y 8/2 (white) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserves part of side panel with painted figural decoration. Much of red paint lost. Interior surface preserved. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.014 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.070; L. 0.065 | |
| Period: | Late Corinthian | |
| Chronology: | Late 6th c. BC according to Corinth 12 | |
| Area: | Temple E | |
| Context: | NB129 P77 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth I-2, 168-169. Hesperia 1947, 219-220, pl. 52-5; Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 884; Lisle, Cults of corinth (diss.), 24, fn, 204; Nilsson, Festschrift fur B. Schweitzer 1955, 220-221; Hesperia 1963, 272; Rupp, Greek Altars (Diss.), cat. TC 4, fig. 288 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple E Image: bw 5474 Basket: NB129 P77 Notebook Page: NB 129, spread 44 (pp. 77 - 78) |
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