Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KH 62 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF A SQUATTING BOY | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KH | |
Object Number: | 62 | |
Description: | Mould for a seated, nude boy. Left leg bent double and pulled into body. Right leg bent with knee propped up and foot resting on base. Left arm supports body with hand resting on base. Right hand on right knee. Long hair; facial features indistinct, head turned slightly to the right. Chubby body with division between chest and belly. Similar to KH 61 (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 62), from the same deposit. Handmade from model. | |
Decoration: | Undecorated. | |
Material: | Fine, pink clay with few small, rounded inclusions and rare small voids | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/4 (pink) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. | |
Manufacture: | F30 M HM | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 37, p. 105), based on deposit | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P22 | |
Provenance: | Corinth. | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Northwest Room, Deposit 3. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 63 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 16 (pp. 22 - 23) |