| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | SF 1972 3j | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA SPHINX: WING | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | SF | |
| Year: | 1972 | |
| Object Number: | 3 | |
| Object Suffix: | j | |
| Description: | Fragment from left wing preserving upper edge and 2 feather tips of either covert of flight feathers. Feathers stepped and curling. Uppermost feather also flaring at preserved base poss. for attachment to body ? Below 2nd feather have start of 3rd as well as base of what looks like longer flight feather at outer edge. This means covert feathers at upper edge of wing curl out freely from flight feathers, not just worked in relief against them. On back finished surface for uppermost feather, entire surface broken below this, attached to body here ? | |
| Decoration: | Painting as others, 1 B (lower), 1 R feather, back red. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., two faces, upper and outer edge, broken remaining sides. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | MPD00.10 T00.027 | |
| Area: | Temple Hill | |
| Context: | NB564 B139 P183 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple Hill Images (6) Basket: NB564 B139 P183 |
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