| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 9251 | |
| Title: | MOLDMADE TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF GIRL WITH PIG | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 9251 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade figurine of girl standing with weight on left leg, right leg bent. Cradles pig at breast in right arm, left at side holding torch. Wears low polos flat on top, fillet at bottom, top. Parted hair worn long and loose, with forelocks onto shoulders. Features worn. Neck creased. Wears ball earrings. Wears peplos buttoned on right shoulder, deep overfold. Himation(?) over left shoulder and arm, hanging down left side(?). Circular low plinth, rounded moulding at base. Back summarily modelled. Two-part mould, front and back. Discolorations on lower face, left arm. Similar to MF-1970-26. | |
| Mythology: | Demeter or Kore | |
| Attributes: | Pig, torch | |
| Material: | Buff-pink fine, compact clay | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/4 (pink) | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Joined from around 17 frgts., preserving upper right torso, left arm, mid section below waist, fragments of left front of garment and lower right side. Discolored brown-black-ring around mouth and chin, on torch. Vent hole not preserved. | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | Hellentistic: down to 146 BC | |
| Area: | Southeast Building | |
| Context: | NB191 P160 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia Vol. 63, 1994, no. 76, p. 90, pl..28 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Southeast Building Image: digital 2015 0150 Basket: NB191 P160 |
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