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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11484 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11484 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of dancers moving in circle with arms joined around flutist standing in center. Dancers and flutist have cylindrical bodies flaring as attaches to base. Flat circular base with pared and smoothed edge. Fingerprints on base and side of dancer. 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: | Red paint on base. | |
| Material: | Fine very pale brown clay with few fine sparkling and rare small tabular rounded red inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 10YR 7/3 (very pale brown), Core: 7.5YR 7/1 (light gray), Paint: 10R 5/8 (red) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining pieces (one larger piece joined from Lot 863 in 2007) preserving stumps of two dancers, flutist, and part of base. Traces of white slip and paint. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. Of base 0.004-0.006 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.022 | |
| 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 | |
| NB232 B2 P143 | ||
| NB232 B2 P143, LOT 0864 | ||
| LOT 0863 | ||
| LOT 0864 | ||
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 005 31 Image: bw 2007 020 18 Basket: NB232 B1 P143 Basket: NB232 B2 P143 |
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