Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 20013 | |
Title: | FIGURINE OF A SEATED BOY | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 20 | |
Object Suffix: | 013 | |
Description: | Nude male child seated on base. Left hand rests on base. Left knee bent in front of body. Right knee drawn up, right hand on right knee. Thumbs modelled separately and fingers divied by grooves. Abdomen and breast well rounded. Body leaning slightly to left side. Base continued around to sides. Base right-angled at left side, curved at right. Back hollow, some possible tool marks. | |
Material: | Fine, pale brown clay with few small inclusions and few small, round voids | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/2 (pale brown) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Four joining frgts preserving most of body. Missing left arm and head. | |
Manufacture: | F30 M MM | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | 2nd half of the 5th c. B.C. or later (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P86 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, likely Deposit 8. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 6, p. 116 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 49 (pp. 86 - 87) |