Corinth Object: KT 41053
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KT 41053
Title:   SEATED DOVE FIGURINE
Category:   Minor Finds
Category Code:   KT
Object Number:   41
Object Suffix:   053
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. Conical legs. Similar to KT 41-43.
Decoration:   Fingerprints underneath
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay with rare fine inclusions and rare small voids
Munsell Color:   5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Missing parts. Missing tail.
Manufacture:   F17 HM
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   Middle to 3rd quarter of the 4th c. B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 43)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P138
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, East Room, Deposit 6.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 75 (pp. 138 - 139)