Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 11544 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCER | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 11544 | |
Description: | Terracotta hollow mouldmade female dancer with body turning, lt leg stepping over rt, rt hand grasping material at thigh, himation wrapped around body with large rounded curves on belly with folds curving around lt leg radiating fromouter side of leg inward, and folds of chiton? radiate downward from knee. Position similar to MF-10443 (Corinth XVIII.4 p. 220 no. H153 pl. 38). | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow and clay with rew fine sparkling, few medium tabular angular white, rare small tabular angular orange, and frequent small spherical angular black inclusions and rare medium tabular angular voids | |
Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) and 7.5YR 8/3 (pink) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Two joining pieces preserving front from waist to knee. Broken on all sides. Discolored. | |
Manufacture: | F01 F MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.077, W. 0.046, Th. 0.005-0.012 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Chronology: | early 3rd c. B.C. stylistically (Corinth XVIII.4 no. H153) | |
Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
Context: | NB247 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | reddish earth having some clay at foot of Roman wall 42.42 to 41.72 | |
Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 007 01 Basket: NB247 |