Corinth Object: MF 10858
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 10858
Title:   TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: FOX?
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   10858
Description:   Terracotta solid handmade fox? With straight rounded ear, short thick neck, thin short front legs in a wide inverted V, long cylindrical body, straight back, curving downward belly, thicker back legs tapering to points with thighs pinched flat, broad flat downward sloping rounded tail.
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay with few fine sparkling and few small to large tabular rounded white inclusions and frequent small to very large tabular rounded voids
Munsell Color:   Surface: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Core: 5YR 7/8 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Missing parts. Several joining pieces missing head and left ear. Slightly encrusted.
Manufacture:   F09 U HM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.054,Th. of torso 0.013, W. 0.025
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.065
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   5th c. B.C. (stylistically similar to the dogs in PQ Class XXV)
Area:   Kokkinovrysi
Context:   NB247 B5 P116
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Kokkinovrysi
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Kokkinovrysi
Image: bw 1965 003 23
Basket: NB247 B5 P116
Notebook Page: NB 247, spread 63 (pp. 116 - 117)