| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 1020 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF RECLINING MALE FIGURE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 1020 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of reclining male figure wearing low polos. Indications of curls in hair, which hangs down to shoulders. Face short and wide, with large eyes, short nose, and small mouth. Chest bare. Left arm bent at elbow, which rests on pillow and supports weight of upper body. Left hand holds cup or low dish. Drapery across left arm. Low, simple couch. Figurine hollow. Frontal mould. Entire figurine covered in white slip. Proper left side of figurine flat. Crown or polos hollow at back, possibly hollowed by impression of single finger. | |
| Decoration: | White slip. | |
| Attributes: | cup | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with common rounded spherical inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving head, upper body, and part of couch. Traces of white slip preserved in places. | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Area: | Theater | |
| Context: | NB14 P52 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 165. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Theater Image: bw 3773 Notebook Page: NB 14, spread 30 (p. 53) |
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