| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | T 1885 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: APHRODITE | |
| Category: | Miscellaneous | |
| Category Code: | T | |
| Object Number: | 1885 | |
| Old Number: | TC-200 CH-001 | |
| Description: | Hollow, mouldmade figurine of nude standing woman, weight on lt. leg, rt. flexed, foot turned out slightly; lt. hand at breast, rt. extended to side, bent. Hair, partly covered by sakkos?, parted in middle, soft waves framing face, locks falling to shoulders; features worn. Wears band around breast. To her rt. stands a boy, Eros?, his rt.arm at his chest, lt. at side, something projecting from rt. side of head. To her lt. a vessel, partly covered by drapery ?. Stands on high rectangular plinth with fascia at top, bottom of face only. Made in 2-part mould, back summarily modeled down to buttocks, below not at all; small round vent hole in mid back. Details extremely blurred. | |
| Decoration: | Traces of purplish-red paint on upper fascia. | |
| Mythology: | Aphrodite Eros ? | |
| Attributes: | Nudity | |
| Material: | Sandy red-brown clay with dense admixture of very fine angular red-brown, fewer white inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 5/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Complete except for holes in right side, and left side of back. | |
| Manufacture: | F20 F M MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.225 H00.175 (figure) H00.050 (base) W00.071 (base) Depth00.055 (base) D00.014 (vent) | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early Roman | |
| Area: | Cheliotomylos | |
| Context: | NB552 P8 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Cheliotomylos Images (19) Basket: NB552 P8 |
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