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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 10716 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: BIRD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 10716 | |
| Description: | Terracotta handmade seated dove with high neck, short pointed leg, long oval body, flat back, hollow underneath, and narrowing towards flat wide spreading fan tail. Fingerprints visible throughout piece. Similar to KT41-43 (Corinth XV.2 Class XXVII Late Group p. 186 no.14 pl. 42). | |
| Decoration: | White slip on back. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with few fine sparkling and few small to large tabular angular white inclusions and few medium to very large tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Single piece missing head and rt leg. Traces of white slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F17 U HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.005 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.039, L. 0.061, W.0.026 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 5th to 4th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class XXVII no. 14 TC Factory Deposit 6 suggests mid 4th c. B.C.) | |
| Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB232 B5 P147, LOT 0867 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 002 27 Basket: NB232 B5 P147 |
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