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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 10692 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 10692 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade dancer from group moving in circle with arms joined around central standing flutist. Dancer has flat very wide strip of clay applied around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as head, semi-circular face, broad flat extremely short neck, large flattened chest, very wide flat strips as arms, joining dancers, upper body tilted outward slightly, cylindrical body pinched in slightly before flaring at bottom for base attachment. Fingerprints on front of body and head. Similar to KT2-11 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 8 pl. 4), KT2-15, and KT2-7, 8, 9, 10 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4-7 pl. 4). | |
| Attributes: | Polos | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with gray core with few fine sparkling, rare medium tabular angular orange and few small tabular angular white inclusions and rare small tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) Core: 7.5YR 6/1 (gray) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single piece preserving one dancer from head to base attachment with small part of both arms. Slightly rough finish. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. of body 0.016 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.085 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 4th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class II no. 8 Shrine of Double Stele 1st half of 4th c. B.C.) | |
| Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB232 B1 P143, LOT 0863 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 002 08 Basket: NB232 B1 P143 Notebook Page: NB 232, spread 76 (pp. 142 - 143) |
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