Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 16008 | |
Title: | NUDE SEATED MALE FIGURINE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 16 | |
Object Suffix: | 008 | |
Description: | Seated grotesque male figure, partially draped, with tail-like support behind. Edge of beard preserved. Right hand on hip, left forearm bent forward and supporting object on shoulder. Applied genitals. Thighs bowed outward. | |
Decoration: | Trace of black on back for hair, beard in black, indicated by short strokes. Thin red lines on right hand. Red band around body, over left shoulder and under right arm. Irregular short lines above, thin red stripes below, possibly indicating hair. Black dot at navel and black on pubes. Red stripe on left knee. | |
Material: | Fine very pale brown clay with rare small inclusions and rare small voids | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Missing head, lower left arm, lower left leg, right leg, and part of rear support. | |
Manufacture: | F22 M HM | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | 2nd half of the 5th c. B.C. or later | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P86 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, likely Deposit 8. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 4, p. 53 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 49 (pp. 86 - 87) |