Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 32084 | |
Title: | DOG FIGURINE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 32 | |
Object Suffix: | 084 | |
Description: | Figurine of a dog standing with weight evenly distributed on two conical front legs, thick conical neck, small rounded, upright ears. Head very pointed at snout, widened at eyes. Body cylindrical. Similar to KT 32-33 from the Circular South Shrine. | |
Decoration: | White slip over all. | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow to very pale brown clay with rare fine inclusions and few small voids | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) to 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Fragment. One frgt preserving head, front legs, and part of body. Slip very poorly preserved. | |
Manufacture: | F11 HM | |
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 P77 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Possibly Terracotta Factory, Deposit 8. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Basket: NB114 P77 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 44 (pp. 76 - 77) |