Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 1889 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA PLAQUE: HORSE RIDER | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 1889 | |
Description: | Plaque with horse prancing to rt. with both forefeet off of the ground. Rider wears a cloak which covers his rt. arm and holds the reins in his left. Possibly wears leggings. Hair forms a roll across forehead, possibly cap over this. Back flat. White slip. Brownish red on rider's flesh, horse pink with red trappings, background black. | |
Material: | Fine reddish-brown clay | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete except for horse's head, back legs. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.077, L 0.084 | |
Chronology: | Weinberg: ca. 250 B.C. | |
Findspot Description: | South Stoa. Deposit in Shop III Deposit Index Fill 1933-1, April 21 ff., 1933. NB (OB) p. 63 ff. | |
Bibliography: | Davidson, Hesperia 1942 p. 112, No. 15 Corinth XII p. 49, N315 AJA 1933 p. 560 fig. 5 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Publication: Broneer, American Journal of Archaeolog37:4... 1933 Publication: Davidson, Hesperia 11:2, 1942 |