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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KT 18002 | | Title: | | HANDMADE RECLINING FIGURE | | Category: | | Minor Finds | | Category Code: | | KT | | Object Number: | | 18 | | Object Suffix: | | 002 | | Description: | | Draped, reclining figure on tall couch, body tilted slightly to the left; right arm bent with small disk on hand, left arm holding phiale made from two disks of clay; face formed from disk of clay, applied polos above. Wears a long tunic with no indication of drapery, feet roughly indicated. Long, thick couch, front edge curved downward, possibly indicating textile. Clay between head of couch and neck of figure may indicate pillow. Similar to KT 18-1 (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. VII, 1), which Stillwell dates 100 years earlier. | | Decoration: | | Brownish black glaze on top of polos, to indicate facial feature, as necklace, on philale, two stripes across middle of body, one stripe above feet, two stripes of foot end of couch, vertical stripes across front of couch, on left hand and feet. | | Material: | | Fine pale yellow clay with few medium rounded inclusions and few medium voids | | Munsell Color: | | 2.5 Y 8/2 (pale yellow) | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Complete; glaze flaking and faded | | Manufacture: | | F06 U HM Reclining | | Weight Description: | | 0.046 | | Weight: | | 0.046 | | Period: | | 4th c. B.C. | | Chronology: | | Deposit dates to ca. 350-325 B.C., but a similar figurine dates to the 5th c. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 55 | | Area: | | Potters' Quarter | | Context: | | NB108 P142 | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, South of Court, Deposit 1. | | Bibliography: | | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. VII, 7, p. 55 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 72 (pp. 142 - 143)
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