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) |