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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11538 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11538 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade flutist from group of dancers moving in circle with arms joined around central standing flutist. Flutist has 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 wide angle, broad short neck, round strips of arms attached at shoulder curving forward, rounded hands attached to bottom of each flute, upper body tilted backward slightly, flattened cylindrical body flaring slightly at bottom near base attachment. Fingerprints on polos and bottom of body. 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. | |
| Attributes: | Polos, flute | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with frequent fine sparkling,rare small tabular angular orange, and few medium to large tabular rounded white inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single piece preserving flutist from head to feet. Traces of white slip. Slightly encrusted. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. of body 0.013 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.077 | |
| 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 32 Basket: NB232 B1 P143 |
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