| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | SF 1972 3i | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA SPHINX: LEFT WING | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | SF | |
| Year: | 1972 | |
| Object Number: | 3 | |
| Object Suffix: | i | |
| Old Number: | FM-XXXX-5 (lapsed) | |
| Description: | Wing, lt., rising free of back with parts of 4 flight feathers. Edge scalloped as feathers curl upward. Back smoothed with break for attachment of strut pierced by hole which continues through thickeness of wing near lower break at 00.105 from tip. At inner edge of frgt. broken at wet joint. Thin surface slip over coarse clay with inclusions showing through. | |
| Decoration: | Wings painted as on other frgts., preserving from bottom up R, B, R, B. Outer edge carelessly painted red (for red) or plain. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Three joining frgts., two faces, some tips of feathers (two frgts. T. Hill; 3rd early exc.) | |
| Dimensions Actual: | T00.04-00.016 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.230 W00.220 | |
| Area: | Temple Hill | |
| Context: | NB564 B139 P183, LOT 1972 175 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple Hill Images (6) Basket: NB564 B139 P183 |
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