Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KH 69 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF LEG OF JOINTED DOLL | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KH | |
Object Number: | 69 | |
Description: | Mould for the front half of a human leg, from knee down. Projection boss at top for suspension hole. Slender leg. Toes indicated, but smallest toe truncated. Similar to KH 68 (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 69). Handmade from model. Constructed from two sheets of clay. | |
Decoration: | Undecorated. | |
Material: | Fine, reddish yellow clay with rare fine inclusions and few small voids | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Three joining frgts, complete. | |
Manufacture: | F28 HM | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 37, p. 105), based on deposit | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P21 | |
Provenance: | Corinth. | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Northwest Room, Deposit 3. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 70 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Basket: NB114 P21 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 15 (pp. 20 - 21) |