Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 16030 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: COMIC ACTOR | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 16 | |
Object Suffix: | 030 | |
Description: | Figurine of draped, male, comic actor. Figure appears to be expending arms forward and wears short, flared chiton. Chiton has one insertion socket on top for head and two large sockets underneath for legs. Smaller phallus socket between legs, closer to edge of chiton. Solid. Handmade. Similar to KT 16-28, KT 16-29, London 67.2-5.22. | |
Decoration: | Light brown chiton. | |
Material: | Fine very pale brown clay with few very fine sparkling inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 7/4 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Front half of torso and shoulders preserved; missing head, arms, back half of torso, phallus, and legs. Large shallow chip at front of chiton. Traces of light brown paint on underside of chiton. | |
Manufacture: | F08 M HM | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | based on style | |
Provenance: | Corinth. | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 56 (pp. 102 - 103) Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 31 (pp. 52 - 53) |