| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 815 | |
| Title: | STATUE SUPPORT: HORSE'S HEAD | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 815 | |
| Old Number: | S-XXXX-0815A (muzzle) lapsed | |
| Description: | Support from statue of standing male figure; horse's head; originally situated to proper r. of statue; animal more carefully worked on that side; to proper l. of horse is trace of bare human foot; line of leg is visible along l. side of horse's neck; horse's head turned slightly to proper.; originally viewed at ca. 3/4 angle; locks of mane lie in overlapping long wavy strands on top of neck; wrinkles and folds of skin modelled around head; eyes round and wide with prominent upper and lower lids; mouth open, teeth visible; plinth square at front and rounded with deliberately pitted surface in back; rasp marks visible on horse; flat chisel marks on horse's neck close to original position of human leg and on plinth; statue of a Dioskouros (?), cf. head at Eleusis | |
| Mythology: | Dioskouros (?) | |
| Attributes: | Horse | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Preserves entire statue support (horse's head);trace of human foot and leg on plinth; plinth complete on proper rt. side | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.74 (neck/head) H00.12 (plinth) L00.27 (head from forelock to nose) W00.11 (inner eyes) L00.32 (human foot) | |
| Area: | Forum west | |
| Context: | NB39 P67 | |
| Bibliography: | Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 203; Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981, P441. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Ridgway, Hesperia 50:4, 1981 Monument: Forum west Image: bw 0588 Image: bw 2009 Image: bw 2002 017 02 Basket: NB39 P67 Notebook Page: NB 39, spread 36 (pp. 64 - 65) |
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