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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11528 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11528 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade flutist from group of dancers moving in circle with arms joined around central standing flutist. Flutist hasthick wide flat strip of clay applied tightly around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as head, additional clay strip across face covering edge of two strips of double flute jutting out at angle, broad long neck, round strips of arms attached at shoulder curving forward, rounded hands curl around bottom of each flute, rt arm much higher than lt, upper body tilted backward slightly, cylindrical body flaring at bottom near base attachment. Similar to KT2-5 and KT2-7, 8, 9, 10 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4-7 pl. 4). | |
| Decoration: | White slip overall. Red paint on flute. | |
| Attributes: | Polos, flute | |
| Material: | Fine pink clay with light gray core with frequent fine sparkling and rare small tabular angular white inclusions and rare small tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 7.5YR 8/4 (pink), Core: 7.5YR 7/1 (light gray), Paint: 10R 6/4 (pale red) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single piece preserving flutist from head to feet. Rt hand and bottom of rt flute broken. White slip. Traces of paint. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. of body 0.013 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.081 | |
| 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, LOT 0863 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Possibly picked up at earlier visit to site | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 006 24 Basket: NB232 B1 P143 |
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