Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KH 95 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF TWO LEGS STANDING ON BASE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KH | |
Object Number: | 95 | |
Description: | Mould for a standing male figure, preserving nude lower legs. Left leg to knee, part of right, and part of rectangular base preserved. Feet close together on base. Toes indicated. Possibly a fragment of a comic actor (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 111). Handmade from model with two sheets of clay. | |
Decoration: | Undecorated. | |
Material: | Fine, reddish yellow clay with few small red and white inclusions and few small voids | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. One frgt, preserving left lower leg and half of right lower leg, as well as part of base. Surface slightly eroded. | |
Manufacture: | F01 M 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. 95 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 16 (pp. 22 - 23) |