Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 42019 | |
Title: | FLYING DOVE FIGURINE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 42 | |
Object Suffix: | 019 | |
Description: | Figurine of a flying dove with outstreched, fin-shaped wings, lifted slightly above the plane of the body. Tail is flat and triangular. Body swells below wings. One small suspension hole at neck. | |
Material: | Fine, very pale brown clay with rare fine inclusions and rare fine voids | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/2 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Missing head. | |
Manufacture: | F17 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 P143 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 9. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 77 (pp. 142 - 143) |