Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KH 66 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF BACK OF JOINTED DOLL | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KH | |
Object Number: | 66 | |
Related Objects: | KH 65 | |
Description: | Back of the mold for the torso of a jointed doll, from neck to knees. Arms truncated at shoulders. At knees, three projections form sockets for suspending legs. Handmade from model. On display; described from card, publication, and photo. Front of the same doll, KH 65, found in the same deposit. The moulds do not fit together, so the halves must have been made separately and joined by slip. | |
Decoration: | Undecorated. | |
Writing: | inscribed. On back, letter inscribed with short horizontal stroke above it. Greek: | |
Material: | Yellowish buff clay | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete | |
Manufacture: | F21 F HM | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | ca. 350-325 B.C. based on deposit (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 211) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P32 | |
Provenance: | Corinth. | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 4. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 67 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Basket: NB114 P32 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 21 (pp. 32 - 33) |