| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 9658 | |
| Title: | MOLDMADE FIGURINE: COMIC ACTOR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 9658 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade solid figurine of comic actor, standing against a rectangular pier, slightly taller than he, with 2 projections on top. Actor faces front with legs together, 2 hands behind back. Smooth mass of hair frames forehead and temples; leering mouth with moustache and beard framing it. Wears short garment ending at base of prominent belly, lower torso bare; wears cloak over either shoulder and pulled back by hands. Low rectangular plinth. Back and sides of pillar pared. | |
| Decoration: | White slip over all, over which yellow paint on hair, red on face, around mouth, belly, yellow on legs (leggings?); drapery white. | |
| Material: | Fine pinkish buff clay with 2% or less fine lime and fewer sparkling inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Roughly 7.5YR 6.5/5 | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Intact except for projecting spurs on pillar top. Paint partly preserved. Residue on underside as a result of sticky tack used to hold figurine upright inside old display case. | |
| Manufacture: | F08 M MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W00.022 (plinth) Depth00.027 (plinth) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.077 | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | Context possibly late 4th c. B.C. | |
| Area: | Forum southwest | |
| Context: | NB205 P118 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum southwest Images (4) Basket: NB205 P118 Notebook Page: NB 205, spread 64 (pp. 118 - 119) |
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