| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | SF 1972 3n | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA SPHINX: HIND PAW | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | SF | |
| Year: | 1972 | |
| Object Number: | 3 | |
| Object Suffix: | n | |
| Description: | Sphinx, probably hind paw, resting flatly on plinth (missing). 4 toes well-modelled, with 2 central ones projecting higher and longer. Nails made by pinching clay, free of ball for central toes. Leg extends flatly back from paw, with ridges for toe bones. If lt. paw, better finished on outside, with 2 incised lines at base of short toe. Surface matt. Foot solid, chiefly coarse clay with thin fine surface slip. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., front part of paw, broken at back and below at attachment to plinth. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W00.067 (max) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.104 H00.037 | |
| Area: | Temple Hill | |
| Context: | NB564 B148 P186 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple Hill Image: bw 1983 001 35 Image: bw 1999 019 31 Basket: NB564 B148 P186 |
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