Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | V 134b | |
Title: | VOTIVE CHEST AND ABDOMEN | |
Category: | Votive | |
Category Code: | V | |
Object Number: | 134 | |
Object Suffix: | b | |
Description: | Mouldmade male chest and abdomen, hollow, well modelled in front, not finished in back. Modelling in front shows pectorals, nipple, abdominal muscles, and navel. Bottom of fragment finished to form flat resting surface. Groin appears to have been modelled at one point and would have extended below the finished, flat resting surface, though form of groin area is unclear due to fragmentation. Wavy lines low on hips, possibly indicating clothing. | |
Decoration: | White slip, red paint. | |
Material: | Fine pinkish white clay, rare, very small inclusions | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment missing legs, arms, head, and groin. Surface well preserved, but with slip and paint mostly flaked off of clay. | |
Manufacture: | F28 M MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | W. at waist 0.075, Th. of clay at back of figurine 0.016, Th. at waist 0.064 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.140 | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB122 P89, LOT 1931 034 | |
Findspot Description: | Asklepieion, Votive Deposit IV, Krieibardi Trench 1931 | |
Bibliography: | Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 19, p. 121 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Basket: NB122 P89 |