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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11511 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11511 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of dancers moving in circle with arms joined around central standing flutist. Dancer has flat strip of clay applied around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as head with bulge in back, semi-circular face, short neck curving into flat strips as arms stretching out to join other dancers, flattened chest, body oval in section flaring into two pinched splayed feet. Fingerprint on polos. 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). | |
| Attributes: | Polos | |
| Material: | Fine very pale brown clay with brownish yellow core with few fine sparkling, and rare medium tabular rounded tan inclusions and few small tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown), Core: lighter than 10YR 6/6 (brownish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single piece preserving dancer from head to feet, missing most of both arms. Discolored. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. of body 0.011 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.066 | |
| 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 B2 P143, LOT 0864 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 006 11 Basket: NB232 B2 P143 |
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