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Accession_Number REDMG:1964.1159.1
Shape Figurine
Shape_description Horse and rider. Rider is comparatively smaller to horse and holding round the neck of the horse.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 7/4
Decoration Parts without red bands are reserved.
Inscriptions
Condition Horse is broken in several places. Difficult to tell if tail has been broken or whether it ever existed. One front and one back leg missing. Head of horse also absent. Painted bands badly worn. White deposits on back of horse.
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Image

2003.93.0138.jpg
Front view of a Boeotian figurine, showing a rider on a horse.

2005.05.0062.jpg

Comparanda Cf. Reading 22.9.8
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Beazley_DB
Height 9.6
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W. (max.) 6.5
Location 7.1.1
Edited_by Denise; Joana Varela
Date_edited 15.08.2002; 03.04.2017
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