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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11508 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11508 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of dancers moving in circle with arms joined around central standing flutist. Flute player has flat strip of clay applied tirghtly around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as head tilted back slightly, additional clay strip over face (mouth?) covering upper edge of thick clay rolls of double flute jutting out at angle, flat strips of arms attached at shoulders, short lt arm curving forward with rounded hand holding bottom of flute, and cylindrical body flaring as attaches to base. Fingerprints on head and bottom of body. Similar to KT2-6 and KT2-7(Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4 pl. 4). | |
| Attributes: | Polos, flute | |
| Material: | Fine pink clay with few fine sparkling, few medium tabular angular tan, and rare spherical angular gray inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 7.5YR 8/4 (pink), Core: 7.5YR 7/4 (pink) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining pieces preserving flutist from head to flaring bottom, missing part of face strip, rt flute, and rt arm. White slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. of body 0.012 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.076 | |
| 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 08 Basket: NB232 B2 P143 |
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