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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11483 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11483 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of four dancers moving in circle around central standing flutist. Flutist has body oval in section, flaring at bottom attaching seamlessly to base. Flat rounded square base with pared and smoothed edge. Similar to MF-11537. | |
| Material: | Fine pink clay with light brown core with few fine sparkling, rare very large (Diam. 0.005) spherical angular black, and rare small tabular angular orange inclusions and rare small tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 7.5YR 7/4 (pink), Core: 7.5YR 6/3 (light brown) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Four joining pieces preserving stump of flutist, indentation of four dancers, and all of base except for small chip. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.019, Diam. 0.079-0.087, Th. of base 0.005-0.007 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 4th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class II no.8 Dancer from Shrine of Double Stele 1st half of 4th c. B.C) | |
| Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB232 B1 P143, LOT 0863 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Possibly picked up from earlier visit to site | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 005 30 Basket: NB232 B1 P143 |
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