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) |