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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 10740 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: BIRD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 10740 | |
| Description: | Terracotta handmade perching dove with pinched beak, eye ridge, head turned to right slightly, straight short thick neck, long tapering feet, long rounded oval body, hollow underneath, and flat broad tail. Similar to KT41-14, KT41-16, and KT41-43 (Corinth XV.2 Class XXVII Late Group p. 186 no. 14 pl. 42) but thicker. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with few fine sparkling and rare small tabular angular white inclusions and few fine tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Core: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Two joining pieces missing part of beak, rt leg, and lt half of tail. Deep groove on tail. Traces of white slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F17 U HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H.0.046, Th. 0.006-0.010 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.062, W. 0.025 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 5th to 4th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class XXVII no. 14 TC Factory deposit 6) | |
| Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB232 B6 P150, LOT 0868 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Images (4) Basket: NB232 B6 P150 |
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