| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 13455 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF SEATED BOY | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 13455 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of nude boy seated on square or rectangular seat or bench. Legs faintly marked in mould and area between filled with clay. Legs slightly apart. Left arm at side, hand on seat. Right arm folded over chest, hand clenched, possibly holding object. Abdomen slightly swollen. Traces of drapery on seat between thighs. Body painted in white slip. Back handmade, modelled to suggest drapery. Back face of seat has recessed center as if suggesting raised legs and seat top; proper right face flat; left face uneven. Figurine hollowed by rounded and tapering hole (finger?). Similar in type to MF-13452. | |
| Decoration: | White slip on body. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay (fired two shades of reddish yellow), with common micaceous inclusions, common very small rounded spherical voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 7/6 and 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Three joining frgts., preserving torso, arms, legs, and parts of seat. White slip preserved on left shoulder, chest. | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | or Hellenistic | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
| Context: | NB295 B1 P15 | |
| NB295 B1 P21 | ||
| NB295 B1 P87 | ||
| NB295 B2 P34 | ||
| NB295 B2 P111 | ||
| NB295 B1 P7 | ||
| NB295 B2 P118 | ||
| NB295 B1 P38 | ||
| NB295 B2 P63 | ||
| NB295 B3 P107 | ||
| NB295 B1 P11 | ||
| NB295 B1 P49 | ||
| NB295 B1 P34, LOT 3206 | ||
| LOT 3206 | ||
| Findspot Description: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, surface fills and discards. | |
| Bibliography: | Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. I37 | |
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Merker, Corinth 18:4, 2000 Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore |