Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 9163 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA RELIEF: BANQUET TABLE | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 9163 | |
Description: | Terracotta mouldmade figurine of banquet table with two lumps resting atop, horizontal bar joins leg below table. Incised horizontal line above table for beginning of couch. Back lt. rough with a horizontal ridge of clay in center. Similar to MF-5458 (Corinth XII, p. 37 no. 179 pl. 12) and MF-1898 (Corinth XII, p.48 no. 304 pl. 26). | |
Decoration: | White slip on table and food. | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with few small platy angular sparkling, frequent small to large tabular angular white, rare small tabular rounded black, and rare very large spherical rounded yellow inclusions and rare large tabular rounded voids | |
Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of wall, portion of table, and right table leg. Broken on all sides. Traces of white slip preserved. Worn surface. Pitted and burnt back. | |
Manufacture: | F06 U MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.014 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.058, W. 0.040 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Chronology: | 3 q. of 3rd c. B.C stylistically (Corinth XII, no. 304) or 220-178 B.C. based on coin of Philip V in Well IV. | |
Area: | South Stoa | |
Context: | NB139 P127 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: South Stoa Basket: NB139 P127 Notebook Page: NB 139, spread 84 (pp. 126 - 127) |