| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | T 1890 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: APHRODITE | |
| Category: | Miscellaneous | |
| Category Code: | T | |
| Object Number: | 1890 | |
| Old Number: | TC-201 CH-006 | |
| Description: | Hollow mouldmade figurine of nude woman, standing with weight on rt. leg, lt. flexed with foot back and turned out 45 degrees. Rt. arm bent, raised at side, unclear whether intended to hold garment, for clay continues below upper arm; lt. hand holds lt. breast. Hair gathered in a roll around head, locks on shoulders, indistinct waves frame face. Head tilted slightly to proper rt. Features indistinct. Body makes S-curve. A possible perirrhanterion with fluted stand, and quarter-round bowl stands against rt. leg to just above knee. Oval plinth with projecting fascia at top and bottom in front. Made in 2-part mould, back modeled, round venthole in upper back. | |
| Mythology: | Aphrodite Eros? | |
| Attributes: | Nudity | |
| Material: | Gritty red-brown clay with dense admixture of fine angular black and fewer white inclusions, mica. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 5/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Seven joining frgts., complete, except tip of nose. | |
| Manufacture: | F20 F M MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.22 H00.192 (figure) H00.03 (base) W00.094 Depth00.068 (max, 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 (20) Basket: NB552 P8 |
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