Corinth Object: KT 13017
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KT 13017
Title:   TERRACOTTA JOINTED DOLL
Category:   Minor Finds
Category Code:   KT
Object Number:   13
Object Suffix:   017
Description:   Upper part of the torso of a female jointed doll of Stillwell's Type 1 (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p 145). Front and back molded separately and joined before firing. Breasts and collar bone modeled on front, spine on back. Short cylindrical projections at shoulders. Hole pierced horizontally through shoulders and vertically through body for attachment of head and limbs. Similar to KT 13-9.
Decoration:   White slip over all.
Material:   Fine pink clay with small inclusions and few voids
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/4 (pink)
Condition:   Fragment. One frgt preserving upper torso and shoulders. White slip very poorly preserved.
Manufacture:   F21 F MM
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   2nd half of the 5th c. B.C. or later (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212).
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P77
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Possibly Deposit 8.
Bibliography:   Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 6, p. 149
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Basket: NB114 P77
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 44 (pp. 76 - 77)