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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11471 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: SHEEP? | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11471 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade animal (sheep?) with body round in section, lt leg extending down as if standing, and a short wide rounded tail curving against rear. Similar to KT33-12 and KT33-7 (Corinth XV.2 Class XXVI Middle Group p. 183 no. 4 pl. 40) but with slightly smaller tail. | |
| Decoration: | Yellow paint on lt leg, tail and rear. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with light brown core with few fine sparkling, and rare small tabular angular white inclusions and rare fine to medium tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 5YR 7/8 (reddish yellow), Core: 7.5YR 6/3 (light brown) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Three pieces preserving body, tail and part of lt rear leg. Burnished. Traces of paint. | |
| Manufacture: | F14 U HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. of torso 0.014 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.024, L. 0.038, W.0.018 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | Late 5th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class XXVI no. 4 Erosa shrine area) | |
| Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB247 B5 P116 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 005 24 Basket: NB247 B5 P116 |
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