Corinth Object: MF 13488
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 13488
Title:   TERRACOTTA FIGURINE
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   13488
Description:   Figurine of draped standing female(?) comic actor(?). Figure stands with slightly bent left arm, held close to body, extending forearm forward. Bent right arm, held close to body, rests hand in middle of chest. Both arms covered by himation. Straight legs, shoulder-width apart, with left leg slightly forward. Distended belly and nearly flat, slightly concave, pared back. Himation, incised to indicate pattern or folds, reaches ankles. Hollow. Mouldmade with tooled details and back.
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay with very rare small spherical sub-rounded brown and black inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Missing parts. Preserved neck to shins; missing head, feet, and front of base. Somewhat worn.
Manufacture:   F01 CO
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   based on Corinth 18.4
Area:   Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Context:   NB282 B3 P104, LOT 2249
Bibliography:   Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. H362
Site:   Acrocorinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Merker, Corinth 18:4, 2000
Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Basket: NB282 B3 P104