Corinth Object: KT 16029
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)