| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KH 47 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA MOLD: STANDING COMIC ACTOR | |
| Category: | Minor Finds | |
| Category Code: | KH | |
| Object Number: | 47 | |
| Description: | Mould for full figure, with rounded back, flat bottom edge. Impression: front half of standing figure on low square plinth, with legs together, knees slightly bent. Head sunk on breast, hands under chin. Wears high conical cap, short tunic with fitting long sleeves, stippled surface that ends above artificial phallus, looped up, short cape worn over shoulders and hanging to just above knees; fitted trousers. Head very large, forehead furrowed with heavy knot above nose, only upper lids rendered; snub nose, wide mouth, partly opened, smooth moustache and pointed beard with central part. Broad flat lip surrounds impression though not consistently flat; faint striations esp. on left edge, as if cut with string. Figurine KT 22-2 from this mould. | |
| Decoration: | Undecorated. | |
| Material: | Clay, fine buff on inner surface; back coarse tan with frequent angular red mudstone inclusions, chiefly 2m.., up to 5 mm. | |
| Munsell Color: | Inner surface: slightly reder than 10YR 7/4; Exterior: between 7.5YR 6/6 and 10YR 6/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete except for a few chips on bottom and back. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.103 W00.055 T00.01-00.033 | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | context late 4th c. B.C. | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB114 P33 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 4. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 49 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Stillwell, Corinth 15:1, 1948 Monument: Potters' Quarter Basket: NB114 P33 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 21 (pp. 32 - 33) |
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