Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KH 85 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF A SEATED FEMALE FIGURE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KH | |
Object Number: | 85 | |
Description: | Mould for a a seated, draped female figure, preserving body from chin to upper thighs. Upper arms close by sides, no lower arms (likely added by hand later). Breast modeld. Some folds of drapery lightly indicated, with one long fold across body at waist. Seated on stool with thin legs. Handmade from model, formed from two sheets of clay. | |
Decoration: | Undecorated. | |
Material: | Fine yellow clay with few, fine white inclusions and rare fine voids | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/6 (yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. One frgt, preserving body from chin to upper thighs. | |
Manufacture: | F01 F 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. 86 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 16 (pp. 22 - 23) |