Corinth Object: TF 18
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   TF 18
Title:   TERRACOTTA FIGURINE
Category:   Minor Finds
Category Code:   TF
Object Number:   18
Description:   Figurine of draped standing female(?) comic actor ?). Figure stands with slightly bent left arm, held close to body, extending forearm forward. Bent right arm, held close to body, rests hand in middle of chest. Both arms covered by himation. Straight legs. Distended belly and flat, pared back. Himation, incised to indicate pattern or folds, reaches ankles. Hollow. Mouldmade with tooled details and back. Similar to 4th c. BC MF-13488 (Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. H362).
Material:   Fine reddish yellow clay with very rare small spherical sub-rounded brown and black inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/8 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Missing parts. Preserved neck to top of feet, missing head, toes, and front of base.
Manufacture:   F01 CO
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   based on comparanda in Corinth 18.4
Bibliography:   Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, p. 140, cat. 23
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 2925