Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 4039 | |
Title: | MOLDMADE FIGURINE: STANDING FEMALE | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 4039 | |
Old Number: | Nat. Mus. 13755 (lapsed) | |
Description: | Solid, mouldmade figurine of standing nude female, only front half of which modeled. Probably standing with rt. hand at rt. breast, lt. at genitals. Shoulder-length hair with 2 flat braids (?) on crown; hair pulled around ears, falling in long beaded tresses over shoulders and in back. Face a rounded triangle, widest at forehead. Forehead very low, eyes are outlined blobs, mouth a slit with faceted upper lip; long cheeks and chin; tiny ears set at height of eyes with poss. pendant earrings. Neck not modeled. Breasts rendered, bust tapering to articulated waist with start of flare of hips. On either side flat edges of mould; back slightly rounded but carefully smoothed.Hole in back modern, for mounting. | |
Mythology: | Astarte? | |
Attributes: | Nudity | |
Material: | Fine pale pinkish buff to buff clay with at least 1 spherical black, 2 angular red, and rare lime inclusions, voids. | |
Munsell Color: | No good match: surface near 10YR 7/4; core near 7.5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving head to waist/hips; broken at upper right, missing lt. hand, lt. breast, right shoulder chipped; nose worn away. | |
Manufacture: | F01 F MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | W00.039 T00.029 (max) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.102 | |
Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
Chronology: | 7th c. B.C. | |
Area: | Temple Hill east | |
Context: | NB13 P34 | |
Bibliography: | AJA 1906 Pl. X.3; Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 85; Boardman, Greeks Overseas, 3rd ed., p. 76; Corinth 20, 2003. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Temple Hill east Images (6) Basket: NB13 P34 Notebook Page: NB 15, spread 31 (p. 55) |