| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2007 15 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA MOLD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2007 | |
| Object Number: | 15 | |
| Description: | Circular, thin, flat terracotta mold, with smooth, flat back side ending in a smoothed semicircular ridge; front side has a bevelled edge; on front face, thin, applied strip of clay, bordered on either side by row of small applied circular pellets of clay, runs along the edge and frames a figure positioned slightly off center; figure, female (?) standing frontal, hair framing face, semicircular cap around hair, wears sleeveless, ankle-length chiton, left arm bent at elbow and brought toward the chest holding a branch of wheat (?), left toes protruding underneath chiton and resting on small rectangular ridge representing ground line. | |
| Mythology: | Demeter (?) | |
| Attributes: | Wheat (?) | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with rare, medium, spherical rounded black and white, frequent small sparkling inclusions, and few voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/8 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt preserving one third of circumference and body of mold. Traces of burning on one dge. | |
| Manufacture: | HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.010 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.156, W. 0.043 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. 0.17 | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context: | Nezi Field, context 5135, LOT 2007 031 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: bw 2007 021 18 Image: bw 2007 021 19 Basket: Nezi Field, context 5135 |
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