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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11477 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11477 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of four dancers moving in circle with arms joined around flutist standing in center. Two dancers have flat strip of clay applied around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as head, semi-circular face, and broad short neck. All three dancers have a flattened chest, long flat strips as arms, joining dancers, upper body tilted outward slightly, cylindrical body bulging out below arms to just above base where flares out as attaches almost seamlessly to base. Body of flute player round in section. Flat circular base, slightly concave underneath central figure, with pared and smoothed edge. One dancer 0.010 taller than other. Fingerprints over whole piece. Similar to KT2-11 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 8 pl. 4) and KT2-7, 8, 9, 10 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4-7 pl. 4). | |
| Decoration: | White slip overall. | |
| Attributes: | Polos | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with light gray core with few fine sparkling inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow), Core: 10YR 7/2 (light gray) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Five joining pieces preserving two whole dancer, one dancer from chest down, stump of flutist, and most of base. Missing all arms. Heavily encrusted. Traces of white slip. Discolored. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.087-0.097, Diam. 0.088, Th. of base 0.004-0.006, Th. of body 0.015 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 4th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class II no.8 Shrine of Double Stele 1st half of 4th c. B.C.) | |
| Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB232 B1 P143, LOT 0863 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Possibly from earlier visit to site | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 010 23 Basket: NB232 B1 P143 |
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