| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 8612 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA MIRROR CASE WITH RELIEF | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 8612 | |
| Description: | Mirror case consisting of a round disk with a vertical rim with carelessly executed moulded profile and flat resting surface. Rim has a shallow groove at mid height with fillet below and projecting lower member, upper flat. | |
| Decoration: | Top surface decorated with high relief of nude male standing on rt. Leg, facing 3/4 rt. With left leg bent back at knee, lt. arm bent up with fist at shoulder. Figure winged with wing at rt. Prounounced musculature. Drapery wrapped around lt. forearm and fluttering out to either side of figure; round disk-shaped object in front of lt. elbow-cloth? Bird? Stands on an irregular bumpy surface. Underside plain. | |
| Material: | Fine clay with a very few fine white, red and gray-brown inclusions, fired buff over most of surface and core, to bright pink below feet. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10yr 8/4 to ca. 5yr 7/6 or pinker | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Two joining fragments, preserving 1/6 circumference | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.016-0.018 (rim) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | D. 0.12, | |
| Dimensions Restored: | D. 0.018 (ca., rim) | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | 3rd q of 4th to 275 BC | |
| Area: | New Museum east | |
| Context: | NB186 P71 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Cistern at I-L: 15-16 Cistern 1940-1 05/04/1940, depth 1.35m | |
| Bibliography: | Weinberg, Hesperia 1948 p 236 F1; A. Schwarzmaier, Klappen spiegel (AM Suppl) no 279 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Weinberg, Hesperia 17:3, 1948 Monument: New Museum east Image: bw 5463 Image: digital 2019 2929 Basket: NB186 P71 Notebook Page: NB 186, spread 40 (pp. 71 - 72) |
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