| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 10597 | |
| Title: | KORE PLAQUE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 10597 | |
| Description: | Flat standing female figure in chiton and transverse himation; chest and shoulders smooth with low modeled breasts, left arm hangs at side, right arm bent at right angle and held against waist, hand curled with fingers angled upward and pierced at top, just below upper edge of diagonal himation; straight folds hanging below, two broader with squared-off edge at top and bottom, the left central swallowtail longer than the right; thin paryphe with deep grooves down sides. Red paint on chiton. Cf. MF-13628. Corinth XV.2, p. 89, class X, 5, KT-4-7, pl. 14 preserves angled folds on legs and shallow central groove on paryphe, missing on worn 10597. Significantly larger MF-2184, Corinth XII, pl. 6 no. 89. Aegina p. 382, no. 85, Inv. I, 265; base is same width. Tiryns I, pl. VIII, 1-3. Stillwell Type I B1. | |
| Material: | Fine grayish buff fabric with few inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 7/3-6/3 | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Two joining fragments of figure from neck to lower legs. Blackened from burning. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.09 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | Last quarter 6th to 5th century B.C. | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
| Context: | NB233 B1 P53 | |
| NB250 B2 P79 | ||
| NB250 B2 P79, LOT 2003 | ||
| LOT 0893 | ||
| LOT 2003 | ||
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore Basket: NB233 B1 P53 |
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