| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 1409 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF SEATED BOY | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 1409 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of nude boy seated on low base. Chest and abdomen smooth; genitals small. Left leg bent 90 degrees with left knee and lower left leg projecting forward from body. Right leg lying along base, with right foot tucked up against left foot. Right hand rests on right knee; left hand rests on base. Back smooth (unmodelled). Figurine mostly solid with concave base. Clay slightly burnt. White paint covering flesh of boy. Type similar to so-called Temple Boys; see, e.g., MF-2905. | |
| Decoration: | White paint or white slip on body of male figure. | |
| Material: | Fine pale yellow clay with common small rounded spherical inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/3 (pale yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving body, limbs, and base. Traces of white paint on flesh. | |
| Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | or 4th c. B.C. | |
| Area: | Trial Trenches | |
| Context: | NB97 P21 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 191. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Trial Trenches Notebook Page: NB 97, spread 16 (pp. 20 - 21) |
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