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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 41 | | Title: | | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF SEATED FEMALE FIGURE (KORE) | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 41 | | Description: | | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of seated woman wearing high and wide polos. Hair parted in center and hanging at waves on shoulders. Eyes not indicated, nose small, mouth small, chin rounded. Shoulders rounded, left more substantial than right. Dress barely indicated, except for few folds below waist. Left hand rests on lap, right hand folded up across chest and holds dove. Small rounded protusion (breast?) on proper right side of chest. Figure sits on chair with back finished by two sideways projections at upper corners. Back of figurine flat and entire figurine partially hollow. | | Decoration: | | Entire figurine possibly covered in white slip. | | Material: | | Fine very pale brown clay. | | Munsell Color: | | 10YR 7/4 (very pale brown) | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Intact. Traces of white slip preserved throughout. | | Dimensions Actual: | | D. 0.038, H. 0.085, W. 0.033 | | Period: | | 5th c. B.C. | | Chronology: | | early 5th c. BCE | | Findspot Description: | | From 1908 dump. | | Bibliography: | | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 118. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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