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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11530 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11530 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade flutist from group of dancers moving in circle with arms joined around central standing flutist. Flutist hasvthick strip of clay applied around front of head as large polos, clay overfold from back to front as head, triangular face, two thick strips of double flute cover part of face then curve out to each hand, broad long neck, round strips of arms attached at shoulder curve forward, rounded hands attached to bottom of each flute, flattened body, oval in section. Similar to KT2-5 and KT2-7, 8, 9, 10 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4-7 pl. 4). | |
| Attributes: | Polos, flute | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with few fine sparkling and rare small to very large spherical angular tan inclusions and rare small spherical angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single pice preserving flutist from head to lower body. Half of polos missing. Traces of white slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. of body 0.008 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.059 | |
| 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 26 Basket: NB232 B1 P143 |
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