| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 13923 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: HAND WITH OFFERING OR PURSE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 13923 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade terracotta figurine showing left hand holding an object, perhaps an offering. Forearm probably outstretched originally. Wrist well-articulated; fingers deeply slashed. Rectangular object, probably a purse, rests on palm, with fingers curling around edge. Two horizontal slashes on three sides of object create three layers, suggesting folded leather or cloth, fastened with two studs or buttons on one flat face. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with micaceous inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving left hand and object. | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | or Hellenistic | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
| Context: | NB282 B1 P70 | |
| NB282 B2 P78, LOT 2239 | ||
| LOT 2239 | ||
| Bibliography: | Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. I94 | |
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Merker, Corinth 18:4, 2000 Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore |