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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11506 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11506 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of dancers moving in circle with arms joined around central standing flutist. Flute player has wide flat strip of clay applied around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as head, additional clay strip over face (mouth?) covering upper edge of clay rolls of double flute jutting out at angle, large flat strips of arms attached at shoulders, curving inward with each rounded hand attached to bottom of flute, upper body tilted backwards and cylindrical body flaring as attached to base. Fingerprints over whole piece. Similar to KT2-6 and KT2-7(Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4 pl. 4). | |
| Decoration: | White slip overall. Gray paint on whole figure except polos. | |
| Attributes: | Polos, flute | |
| Material: | Fine very pale brown clay with few fine sparkling, rare small to large spherical angular gray and rare small to medium tabular angular red inclusions and rare medium spherical angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single piece preserving flutist from head to bottom and part of base. White slip and traces of paint. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.083, Th. of base 0.007, Th. of body 0.014 | |
| 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 06 Basket: NB232 B2 P143 |
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