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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KT 53005 | | Title: | | TERRACOTTA MIRROR | | Category: | | Minor Finds | | Category Code: | | KT | | Object Number: | | 53 | | Object Suffix: | | 005 | | Description: | | Handmade terracotta mirror with disc-shaped face and cone-shaped handle. Disc thickness somewhat variable and with visible fingerprints. Similar to mirror found in early excavations of Corinth (AJA 10 (1906), pl. XI, 16). | | Decoration: | | Traces of white slip and brown wash over all. | | Material: | | Fine pale yellow clay with rare small inclusions and frequent medium voids | | Munsell Color: | | 5Y 8/2 (pale yellow) | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Two joining frgts preserving all of mirror; white slip very poorly preserved. | | Manufacture: | | F29 HM | | Weight Description: | | 0.010 | | Weight: | | 0.010 | | Period: | | 4th c. B.C. | | Chronology: | | At least as late as mid 4th (Stillwell 1952, Corinth15.2, p. 213) | | Area: | | Potters' Quarter | | Context: | | NB108 P196 | | Provenance: | | Corinth | | Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2. | | Bibliography: | | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. XXXIV, 10, p. 213 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 99 (pp. 196 - 197)
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