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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11169 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: STANDING FEMALE WITH BIRD AND FRUIT | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11169 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid mouldmade standing female with wide flaring polos with slanted concave top, short band of hair frames forehead, triangular forehead, square face, depression for eyes, wide long nose, thin neck, narrow sloping shoulders, rt arm held tight to side, bent at elbow with forearm held across breast holding a bird (wide triangular beak, big head, short wide neck, round chest, long conical body), lt arm held tight to side bent at elbow with forearm across belly, and lt hand bent up holding round fruit with stem (pomegranate?). Wears peplos with low overfold with straight scalloped edge across thighs then drooping down to sides, long vertical folds fall from waist to overfold, three drooping sleeve folds fall from rt elbow to middle of forearm looping to lower overfold, long sleeve droops from lt arm to lower overfold, long vertical folds fall straight from below overfold to just above flaring slightly at hem, and pooling over feet. Mitten-like feet flat on projecting rectangular base. Frontal mould with large depression on back. Piece tilts to rt. Similar to and possibly same mould as KT4-58 (Corinth XV.2 Class X p. 92-93 no. 24 pl. 15). Standing Kore with Dove and Fruit Type. | |
| Attributes: | Polos, bird, fruit | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with pink core with frequent fine sparkling, rare small to medium tabular angular white inclusions and rare medium tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Core: 7.5YR 8/4 (pink) | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Four joining pieces missing triangular piece below lt elbow along hip, chip from rt shoulder, and small chip on back rt side of base. Worn. White slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F02 F MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.106, Th. 0.003-0.013 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 5th to 4th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class X no. 24 TC Factory Deposit 6, 3rd q. of 4th c. B.C.) | |
| Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB247 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Disturbed fill beneath modern road North of stele to about 43.29. | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 004 35 Basket: NB247 |
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