| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | SF 1974 1a | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA SPHINX: LEG | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | SF | |
| Year: | 1974 | |
| Object Number: | 1 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | SF 1974 001B | |
| Description: | Tapering leg of sphinx, with 3 sharp ridges separated by concavities running down one side of leg, one rounded ridge and narrow one by it down opposite side. Leg nearly solid with central hole D00.006 down axis. Surface highly polished. Prob. from same sphinx as SF 1931 002B,C. | |
| Mythology: | Sphinx | |
| Material: | Core: hard-fired gray-buff clay with moderate amount fine black inclusions. Surface: 5 mm thick fine gray-buff slip. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5Y 7/2 to 8/2 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Three joining frgts. broken top and bottom. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W00.053 T00.032 (base) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.138 | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Chronology: | Sixth c. BC | |
| Area: | Temple Hill | |
| Context: | NB610 B89 P120 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 2000 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple Hill Image: bw 1999 019 30 Basket: NB610 B89 P120 Notebook Page: NB 610, spread 65 (p. 120) |
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