| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | SF 1972 3e | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA SPHINX: LEFT SIDE, BASE OF WING | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | SF | |
| Year: | 1972 | |
| Object Number: | 3 | |
| Object Suffix: | e | |
| Related Objects: | SF 1972 003A-D SF 1972-003F-T | |
| Description: | From lower left side, probably just below Frgt. B, flat side, with shallow set back to base of wings and parts of three covert feathers. Hollow with wall becoming thicker toward base of wing, finger strokes on interior. At upper break part of hole cut obliquely through surface of top feather. | |
| Decoration: | Faint traces of scales on side, at least one black. Possibly border of dots between 2 bands at step to wing. Covert feathers alternately black, red with reserved and black outline. | |
| Mythology: | Sphinx | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts. broken all around, paint nearly gone. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | T00.031-00.044 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.125 H00.12 | |
| Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | 3rd q. 5th c. B.C. | |
| Area: | Temple Hill | |
| Context: | NB564 B139 P183 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 2000 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple Hill Images (5) Basket: NB564 B139 P183 |
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