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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11503 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11503 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of four dancers moving in circle around central standing flutist. Each figure has cylindrical body, flaring at bottom as attaches to base. Circular roughly flat base slightly tilted up on one side with pared edge. Fingerprints on base. Similar to MF-11483. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with few fine sparkling, rare medium to very large spherical angular red, few small tabular angular white, and rare very large tabular angular gray inclusions and few medium to large tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining pieces preserving most of base, stumps of two dancers and indentation of another dancer and flutist. Large chips. Flaking. Traces of white slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. of base 0.003-0.005, Diam. 0.080-0.084 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.015 | |
| 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 B2 P143, LOT 0864 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 006 03 Basket: NB232 B2 P143 |
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