| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 9032 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: SEATED FEMALE WITH BANQUETER | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 9032 | |
| Description: | Terracotta mouldmade hollow seated draped female figurine leans slightly on bent lt. arm, rt. held closely to rt. side, rt. hand holds a large oinochoe against rt. knee, lt. shoulder slightly higher than rt., rt. knee bent at right angle down protrudes slightly and is parallel to couch leg. Face oblong, small deep set eyes, nose wide close to pursed lips, fleshy chin, thick locks of hair frame forehead and pulled behind neck. Wears stephane. A himation draping from lt. shoulder underneath lt. arm over lap and under rt. arm, extending to just above ankles with looped folds on lap. A diagonal fold drapes from below and on the rt. knee towards the lt. hand. Figurine wears a chiton with faint vertical folds below breasts and narrow vertical folds fall from ankles downward below himation. Handmade flattened back. Tooling on the lt. hand and vertical folds near the preserved base of figurine. Similar to the reclining male banqueter with seated female as MF-1895 (Corinth XII, p. 48 no. 302 pl. 25). | |
| Attributes: | stephane | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with few fine to very large platy rounded white, rare small tabular angular black, rare small platy rounded mudstone, few fine sparkling and frequent tabular angular mica inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow,) Slip: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Four joining frgts., preserving head to waist, right leg. Missing half of couch, back, banqueter. Surface covered in slip and flaking. | |
| Manufacture: | F01 F CO | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.122, H. of head: 0.023, W. of shoulders: 0.035, Th. 0.008 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | Mid to late 3rd c. B.C. stylistically (Corinth XII no. 302 Deposit VI) or 188-167 B.C. based on C47-439 SAH Knidian (Grave 1985 IV Aa) or 323-251 B.C. based on Sicyon coin in well X | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | NB195 P45 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa Image: bw 5990 Basket: NB195 P45 Notebook Page: NB 195, spread 28 (pp. 45 - 46) |
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