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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11540 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11540 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade flutist from group of dancers moving in circle with arms joined around central standing flutist. Flutist has thick flat strip of clay applied around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as head, additional clay strip across face tilting up to lt and covering part of upper angle of clay strip in shape of inverted V of double flute, long neck, broad shoulders with attached round strips of arms extending forward with rounded hands, rt hand curls over bottom of rt flute, lt hand attached at side of lt flute, body kidney shaped in section, and slight depression on back. Similar to KT2-5 and KT2-7, 8, 9, 10 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4-7 pl. 4). | |
| Attributes: | Polos, flute | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with few fine sparkling and rare medium to large tabular rounded tan inclusions and rare medium tabular rounded voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single piece preserving flutist from head to chest. Traces of white slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.037 | |
| 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: | NB232 B1 P143, LOT 0863 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Possibly picked up at earlier visit to site | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 006 33 Basket: NB232 B1 P143 |
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