| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2005 41 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA BIRD FIGURINE OF FLYING DOVE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2005 | |
| Object Number: | 41 | |
| Description: | Figurine of a flying dove with narrow, raised head, long neck, flat body, outstretched wings extended to sides and curved backward, extended rounded tail,small sharp-edged feet, body, wings and tail concave underneath. Similar to KT 42-20 (Corinth XV.2, p. 185, no. XXVII,5, pl. 41). | |
| Decoration: | Very dark gray brown oval with dot for eye on left hand side, circle on right hand side of face, short parallel lines on right wing, single short line on tail. Red band around neck, bands around front edge of wings from which start brown lines, and red triangle on right hand side of tail. Similar to KT 42-20 (Corinth XV.2, p. 185, no. XXVII,5, pl. 41). | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay. | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 8/6 (reddish yellow), Paint: 2.5YR 4/6 (red), 10YR 3/2 (very dark gray brown). | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Single fragment missing parts of wings, feet and face. Traces of paint on face, neck, body, wings and tail. | |
| Manufacture: | F17 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. head 0.005, L. 0.035 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.027 | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Chronology: | KT 42-20 is dated to the 6th c. B.C. | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Context: | NB972 B12 P27, LOT 2005 006 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 2005 024 34 Basket: NB972 B12 P27 |
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