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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 4419 | | Title: | | RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PORTABLE ALTAR | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 4419 | | Description: | | Hollow rectangular portable altar with flat side panels, stepped crowning molding, and slightly concave top. Roughly made. Crowning molding: fascia (H. 0.018), fascia (H. 0.027-0.030). | | Material: | | Buff clay with numerous large reddish brown inclusions. Fired pinker at core. Thin slip. | | Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/4; 5YR 7/4 (core) | | Condition: | | Fragment. One fragment preserves an upper corner, with parts of two side panels, crowning molding (complete), and part of top. Interior surface preserved. | | Dimensions Preserved: | | p.L. 0.135; p.W. 0.106; p.H. 0.93; p.D. 0.003 (of top impression); molding overhand 0.024-0.031 | | Period: | | 5th c. B.C. | | Chronology: | | No later than c. 420 BC | | Area: | | Forum west | | Context: | | NB144 P183 | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Bibliography: | | AJA 1936, 41-42; Hesperia 1937, 314, no. 241, fig 46; Hesperia 1947, 216; Lisle, Cults of Corinth, 24, FN 204; Rupp, Greek Altars, cat. TC 36, fig. 342. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Forum west
Basket: NB144 P183
Notebook Page: NB 144, spread 97 (pp. 183 - 184)
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