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) |