Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 16029 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: COMIC ACTOR | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 16 | |
Object Suffix: | 029 | |
Description: | Figurine of draped, male, comic actor. Figure wears short, flared chiton with one insertion socket on top for head and two large sockets underneath for legs. Small impression between leg sockets and near edge of chiton indicative of phallus. Solid. Handmade. Similar to KT 16-28, KT 16-30, London 67.2-5.22. | |
Decoration: | White slip. Light brown chiton. | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with rare small spherical sub-rounded brown and sparkling inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Torso preserved, missing head, arms, phallus, legs. Chipped along top and bottom edges. Traces of white slip and light brown paint. | |
Manufacture: | F08 M HM | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | based on style | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB123 P163 | |
Provenance: | Corinth. | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Basket: NB123 P163 Notebook Page: NB 123, spread 87 (pp. 162 - 163) |