Corinth Object: KH 59
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KH 59
Title:   TERRACOTTA MOLD OF A LARGE RECLINING FIGURE
Category:   Minor Finds
Category Code:   KH
Object Number:   59
Description:   Part of a mould for a reclining figure. Preserved portion includes draped legs from thigh to feet, resting on a low couch. Similar to KH 58 (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 59), from the same deposit. Handmade from model. Overfired.
Decoration:   Undecorated.
Material:   Fine, light green clay with few medium inclusions and rare fine voids
Munsell Color:   5Y 8/2 (white)
Condition:   Fragment. Twelve joining frgts, preserving part of the lower body. Backing surface mostly gone, badly eroded. Overfired.
Manufacture:   F06 HM
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 37, p. 105)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P22
Provenance:   Corinth.
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Northwest Room, Deposit 3.
Bibliography:   Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 60
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 16 (pp. 22 - 23)