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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 10715 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: BIRD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 10715 | |
| Description: | Terracotta handmade perching dove with long thick beak curving upward, wide head, thick neck, long pointed legs, wide rounded body, slightly tilted to rt side, hollow underneath, and narrowing towards small flat fan tail tilted to lt. Palm print visible on back. Similar to KT41-16, KT41-67, KT41-84 and KT 41-43 (Corinth XV.2 Class XXVII Late group p. 186 no. 14 pl. 42). | |
| Decoration: | White slip on neck. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow to light brown clay with rare fine sparkling and few medium tabular angular white inclusions and few small to very large platy angular and rare large to very large tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) and 7.5YR 6/4 (light brown) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Two joining pieces. Large chips on back of head and lower rt side. Discolored. Traces of white slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F17 U HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.045, L. 0.069, W. 0.023, Th. 0.006 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 5th to 4th c. B.C (Corinth XV.2 Class XXVII no. 14 from TC Factory Deposit 6 suggests mid 4th c. B.C.) | |
| Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB232 B4 P146 | |
| NB232 B2 P143, LOT 0864 | ||
| LOT 0864 | ||
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Images (4) Basket: NB232 B2 P143 Basket: NB232 B4 P146 Notebook Page: NB 232, spread 76 (pp. 142 - 143) |
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