Corinth Object: V 134b
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