| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1473 | |
| Title: | HEADLESS SIREN STATUE | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 1473 | |
| Description: | Small, headless white poros statue with bird body and trace of human hair in long tresses at shoulder - presumably representing a siren. Feathers of wings indicated by shallow grooves. Legs similar to those of a goose or swan. Thin rectangular prop between legs to support tail and make bird stand upright. Wings meet in a blunt ridge down the bird's back. | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Single poros statue fragment, broken at neck, feet and tail, and slightly abraded. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.35, H. 0.31, L. of base 0.175, W. of base 0.055, H. of base 0.105 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth XV, I, p.80, no. XX; Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981, p. 424, n. 10 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Stillwell, Corinth 15:1, 1948 Publication: Ridgway, Hesperia 50:4, 1981 Images (8) Notebook Page: NB 132bis, spread 15 (pp. 19 - 20) |
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