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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 10707 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 10707 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade standing flutist from group of circling dancers with arms joined. Flute player has flat strip of clay applied around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as head, additional clay strip over face (mouth?) covering edge of two clay rolls of double flute jutting out in inverted V, broad short neck, round strips of arms attached at shoulder stretch forward with rounded hands grasping flutes, flattened chest, upper body tilted backwars and cylindrical body flaring as attaches almost seamlessly to base. Flat circular base, slightly concave underneath central figure, with pared and smoothed edge. Fingerprints on base. Similar to KT2-5 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 3 pl. 5) and KT2-7, 8, 9, 10 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4-7 pl. 4). | |
| Attributes: | Polos, flute | |
| Material: | Fine pink clay with few fine sparkling, rare medium spherical angular purple, and rare medium tabular angular white inclusions and few medium to large spherical angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 8/4 (pink) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single piece preserving flutist and large central part of base with two edges. Traces of white slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.082, Diam. 0.081, Th. of base 0.004-0.005, Th. of body 0.012 | |
| 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 B2 P143, LOT 0864 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 004 04 Image: bw 1965 013 03 Basket: NB232 B2 P143 Notebook Page: NB 232, spread 76 (pp. 142 - 143) |
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