| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | SF 1975 4 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA SPHINX: CLAW | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | SF | |
| Year: | 1975 | |
| Object Number: | 4 | |
| Description: | Single toe from paw of large sphinx. Toe very high with flat round pad, agianst which nail cut in high relief but not free. Start of smaller toe to proper lt., Broken to proper rt. Prob. from same sphinx as SF OO1, SF 1975 3. Surface polished. | |
| Mythology: | Sphinx | |
| Material: | Core: hard-fired pink clay with moderate amount gray inclusions Surface: hard-fired fine yellow clay. | |
| Munsell Color: | Core: between 7.5YR 7/4-5YR 7/6 Surface: ca. 2.5Y ;;;8/5 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., broken all around. | |
| Manufacture: | HM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.068 H00.042 T00.024 | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Area: | Temple Hill | |
| Context: | NB610 B38 P195 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 2000 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple Hill Image: bw 1982 053 01 Image: bw 1999 023 18 Basket: NB610 B38 P195 Notebook Page: NB 610, spread 103 (p. 196) |
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