| Collection: | | Corinth |
| Type: | | Object |
| Name: | | KH 97 |
| Title: | | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF NUDE FEMALE FIGURE |
| Category: | | Minor Finds |
| Category Code: | | KH |
| Object Number: | | 97 |
| Description: | | Terracotta mold depicting the upper half of the back of a nude standing female figure with very long neck. Heavy arms at side. Hair pile in mass on head. Back strongly concave at waist. Boss on back of mold to keep it in horizontal position during drying. Edges of mold too irregular to allow another side to be fitted to it, so two halves of figure molded separately. |
| Decoration: | | Undecorated. |
| Material: | | Fine very pale brown clay with few small inclusions and frequent fine voids |
| Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) |
| Condition: | | Missing parts. One frgt preserving upper half of figure |
| Manufacture: | | HM |
| Weight Description: | | 0.011 |
| Weight: | | 0.011 |
| Period: | | 4th c. B.C. |
| Chronology: | | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 24) |
| Area: | | Potters' Quarter |
| Context: | | NB114 P11 |
| Provenance: | | Corinth |
| Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2 |
| Bibliography: | | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 97 |
| Site: | | Corinth |
| City: | | Ancient Corinth |
| Country: | | Greece |
| References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 10 (pp. 10 - 11)
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