Small Sculpture (122999)


@dataset{122999,
author = { Irena Loskotová },
title = { 122999 },
url = { },
note = { Digitalia MUNI ARTS, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University },
date = " "
urldate = "2025-03-16" }
Loskotová, I.  , 122999, Digitalia MUNI ARTS, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, dataset, viewed 16 March 2025,
Artefact ID: 122999
Artefact ID type: inventory number
Held by: Moravské zemské muzeum (institution)
Artefact category: small sculpture
Description in Czech: Torzo plastiky koníčka. Zachováno tělo s odlomenýma nohama a s částí hlavy. V hrudi rozšířený otvor. Hříva, ocas a sedlo provedene rytím.
Description: Torso of a horse figurine. Preserved body with broken-off legs, a part of the head, and with an extended hole in the chest. The mane, tail and saddle are engraved.
Site: Hustopeče
48.9408467, 16.7376211

WGS84 Geolocation: 48.9408467, 16.7376211
Finding context (type): other
Absolute datation range: 14th to first half of the 15th century (1300-1450)
Raw material: ceramics
Link to 3D model: https://sketchfab.com/vojtanosek/collections/ drobna-keramicka-plastika
Literature:
  1. Měchurová, Z., 2009: Drobná středověká plastika koníčka na Moravě. Úvahy a postřehy. Archaeologia historica 34, 173–187.
  2. Měchurová, Z. – Hložek, M. – Tymonová, M., 2021: Drobná keramická plastika – Small ceramic sculptures. In: Zdroje a šíření vybraných komodit keramické produkce vrcholného a pozdního středověku – Sources and Distribution of Selected High and Late Medieval Pottery Products (Loskotová, I. ed.), Tab. 1, ID Pl3. Brno. https://doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-9920-2021

Analyses of this object

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optical microscopy


Analysis of: Sample 1
Instrument used: polarizing microscope BX51
Analysed by: Martin Hložek
Binder type: heterogeneous
Non-plastic inclusion Type
alkali feldspar Minerals
amphibole Minerals
biotite Minerals
quartz Minerals
muscovite Minerals
plagioclase Minerals
biotite-muscovite slate Rocks
quartzite Rocks
metaquartzite Rocks
siltstone Rocks
silicate Rocks
Grain type: medium grain
Grog : Binder: 1:3
Firing temperature: 900 °C
Microstructure: all directions
Porosity: 6%


Images:

Úlomek granitoidu v mikrostruktuře keramického střepu (PPL, XPL), foto V. Nosek.