Corinth Object: KT 1196
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KT 1196
Title:   CYLINDRICAL FEMALE FIGURINE
Category:   Minor Finds
Category Code:   KT
Object Number:   1
Object Suffix:   196
Description:   Handmade female figurine wearing long tunic, standing with weight balanced, left arm bent and holding spherical object, right arm held away from body. Face formed by doubling top of head down, nose and mouth slightly modelled. Applied polos. Tunic falls to feet, which are indicated by small triangular projections. Solid. Similar to, and likely from the same hand as, KT 1-195 (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, inv. I, 56) from Deposit 2. Style similar to horse and rider figurines from Deposit 1.
Decoration:   Mouth indicated by slight indentation. Red slip for eyes and mouth, polos, borders of garment, and spherical object in left hand.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay with few fine inclusions and few small voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Missing parts. One frgt preserving most of figure, missing right hand; decorative slip flaking
Manufacture:   F01 F HM Standing
Weight Description:   0.021
Weight:   0.021
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 41)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB108 P138
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Trench XIII, South of Terracotta Factory, Near Deposit 1
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 70 (pp. 138 - 139)