| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 1968 285 | |
| Title: | NEOLITHIC TERRACOTTA FIGURINE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 1968 | |
| Object Number: | 285 | |
| Description: | A matronly figure, probably steatopygous, with large breasts (not pendant). The two arms are bent at elbows and hands are raised to support breasts. A deep horizontal incision below navel suggests fold of flesh. | |
| Decoration: | Vertical wavy lines of dark brown glaze paint (on back, from shoulders; on front, from flesh-fold at stomach) are probably intended to suggest drapery. | |
| Material: | Buff clay fired gray at core. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment preserves body from shoulders to hips. | |
| Manufacture: | HM F | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.043, W. 0.043 | |
| Period: | Late Neolithic | |
| Chronology: | Lavezzi: Late Neolithic, earlier part. | |
| Area: | Temple Hill | |
| Context: | NB386 B12 P73 | |
| Bibliography: | Phelps, Hesperia 1987, p. 244 #16; Robinson, Hesperia 1976, p. 211, pl. 56.g.h. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Phelps, Hesperia 56:3, 1987 Publication: Robinson, Hesperia 45:3, 1976a Monument: Temple Hill Image: bw 1968 132 30 Basket: NB386 B12 P73 Notebook Page: NB 386, spread 41 (p. 73) |
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