Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 30014 | |
Title: | MULE FIGURINE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 30 | |
Object Suffix: | 014 | |
Description: | Head of a mule. Large, partly open mouth with applied lips. Head narrow at muzzel and wide and square at eyes. Large, pointed ear, slightly hollow. Applied mane takes the form of a triangular strip. Similar to KT 30-16, as well as large horses or mules from Deposit 6 of the Terracotta Factory. Possibly same hand. | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with rare small inclusions and rare voids | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. One frgt preserving haed of mule, broken vertically down neck, missing right ear. | |
Manufacture: | F10 HM | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | 2nd half of the 5th c. B.C. or later (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P135 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 8. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 73 (pp. 134 - 135) |