Corinth Object: MF 4039
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)