| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KT 41043 | |
| Title: | SEATED DOVE FIGURINE | |
| Category: | Minor Finds | |
| Category Code: | KT | |
| Object Number: | 41 | |
| Object Suffix: | 043 | |
| Description: | Handmade seated dove. Pointed nose at sharp angle below brow which continues line of conical neck. Tear drop shaped body is rather wide and hollow underneath, narrowing to fan-shaped tail. Undersurface shows tail doubled back on itself. Conical legs. | |
| Decoration: | Visible finger prints | |
| Material: | Fine, very pale brown clay with few fine inclusions and few fine voids | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/2 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Complete except for left leg, which has been restored. | |
| Manufacture: | F17 HM | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | At least middle of 4th c. B.C. (Stillwell 1954, Corinth 15.2, p. 186) | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB114 P61 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, East Room, Deposit 6. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 14, p. 186 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter |
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