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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 13453 | | Title: | | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF SEATED BOY | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 13453 | | Description: | | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of seated figure, probably a boy, on square or rectangular block bench or seat. Legs apart, drapery pulled around from behind and held in right hand beside thigh. Drapery hangs down in triangular zigzag fold onto base from clenched right hand. Entire figurine covered in white slip. Base of figurine hollow; body of boy apparently solid. Tooling on folds, hand. Similar in type to MF-13464; MF-13457, according to Corinth 18.4. | | Decoration: | | White slip over all. | | Material: | | Fine very pale brown clay with few micaceous inclusions. | | Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown) | | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving right leg from hip to ankle, right side of seat. White slip preserved in traces over entire piece. | | Period: | | Hellenistic | | Chronology: | | early | | Findspot Description: | | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, surface to top wall 51. | | Bibliography: | | Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. H335 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Publication: Merker, Corinth 18:4, 2000
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