Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 7427 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF EROS | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 7427 | |
Description: | Terracota figurine of Eros with large wing. Hair dressed in a roll. Flat back with attachment to another mould. | |
Decoration: | Parallel incised lines indicating feathers on wing. | |
Material: | Friable, gritty reddish clay. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving onlly head and wing. Face mutilated. Traces of back attachment preserved. | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | 1st century, according to Corinth 12 | |
Area: | Hexamilia Tombs | |
Context: | NB156 P64 | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 418 | |
Site: | Tombs, Heximilia | |
City: | Hexamilia | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Hexamilia Tombs Image: digital 2011 0777 Image: digital 2011 0778 Basket: NB156 P64 Notebook Page: NB 156, spread 40 (pp. 67 - 68) |