Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 11471 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: SHEEP? | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 11471 | |
Description: | Terracotta solid handmade animal (sheep?) with body round in section, lt leg extending down as if standing, and a short wide rounded tail curving against rear. Similar to KT33-12 and KT33-7 (Corinth XV.2 Class XXVI Middle Group p. 183 no. 4 pl. 40) but with slightly smaller tail. | |
Decoration: | Yellow paint on lt leg, tail and rear. | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with light brown core with few fine sparkling, and rare small tabular angular white inclusions and rare fine to medium tabular angular voids | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: 5YR 7/8 (reddish yellow), Core: 7.5YR 6/3 (light brown) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Three pieces preserving body, tail and part of lt rear leg. Burnished. Traces of paint. | |
Manufacture: | F14 U HM | |
Dimensions Actual: | Th. of torso 0.014 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.024, L. 0.038, W.0.018 | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | Late 5th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class XXVI no. 4 Erosa shrine area) | |
Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
Context: | NB247 B5 P116 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 005 24 Basket: NB247 B5 P116 |