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) |