Corinth Object: MF 10877
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 10877
Title:   TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DOG
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   10877
Description:   Terracotta solid handmade dog with long pointed snout rectangular head, eye ridge, tall pointed ears, long straight neck, long straight front tapering legs in an inverted V, thin cylindrical body, straight back, long straight hind legs flaring back slightly, and slightly curving upward tail. Similar to KT32-32 (Corinth XV.2 Class XXV Late Group p. 181 no. 14 pl. 40).
Decoration:   Black paint on snout, ear, band on lt side of neck, back, and outer legs.
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay with frequent fine sparkling, few small to large tabular angular white, and few fine tabular rounded black inclusions and few small platy angular voids
Munsell Color:   Clay: 7.5YR 7/4 (pink) and 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Missing parts. Three joining fragments missing rt ear and end of tail. Chips on body. Discolored. Traces of paint.
Manufacture:   F11 U HM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.074, W. 0.034, Th. of torso 0.013
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.076
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   5th c. B.C. (Corinth Xv.2 Class XXV no. 14 Circular S Shrine)
Area:   Kokkinovrysi
Context:   NB247 B2 P142
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Kokkinovrysi
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Kokkinovrysi
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Basket: NB247 B2 P142