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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11539 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11539 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade group of four dancers moving in circle with arms joined around flutist standing in center. Two dancers have wide flat strip of clay applied around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as head, semi-circular face, and broad short neck. Each has flattened chest, short flat strips as arms, joining dancers, upper body tilted outward slightly, cylindrical body flaring as attaches almost seamlessly to base. Flat circular base, slightly concave underneath central figure, with pared and smoothed edge. Fingerprints over whole piece. Similar in size and style to KT2-11 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 8 pl. 4) and KT2-7, 8, 9, 10 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4-7 pl. 4). | |
| Attributes: | Polos | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with pinkish gray core with few fine sparkling, rare medium to large tabular angular white, and rare small tabular angular red inclusions and rare small tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 5YR 6/8 (reddish yellow), Core: 5YR 7/2 (pinkish gray) | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Several joining pieces missing neck, head, and lt arm of one and upper torso, arms and head of another, and flutist. Base chipped. Traces of white slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.084, Diam. 0.071, Th. of base 0.004, Th. of body 0.013-0.016 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 4th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class II no. 8 Shrine of Double Stele 1st half of 4th c. B.C.) | |
| Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB247 P24 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | NB251 P11 for lot | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 010 33 Image: bw 2007 017 32 Basket: NB247 P24 |
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