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Collection: | | Corinth | Type: | | Object | Name: | | T 2000 | Title: | | FIGURINE OF A STANDING EROS | Category: | | Miscellaneous | Category Code: | | T | Object Number: | | 2000 | Description: | | Mouldmade figurine of young Eros, standing frontally with weight on right leg, left bent; short pointed wings stand out to either side of head. Wears twisted wreath around head; long curly locks; small blurred features. Partly covered by chlamys, tied at right houlder and pulled by left hand in a diagonal across chest, gathered at left hip and covering left side. Rest of body nude. Right arm bent, holding a sheep's (?) head, at which a small dog with curly tail jumps; stipples on body. Stands on a rectangular low plinth with inset panel across front. Back not modelled. Round vent hole, D. 0.017m at mid back. Hollow, bottom open. Inscription across botttom, at back of plinth. | Writing: | | inscribed. ΘΕΟΠΟΜ ΠΟΥ | Material: | | Grayish- tan to reddish tan clay, hard-fired with a few scattered fine inclusions. | Munsell Color: | | Slightly redder than 10YR 7/4 | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Two joining fragments. | Dimensions Actual: | | H. 0.141, L. of plinth at bottom 0.080, W. of plinth 0.040 | Period: | | Roman | Area: | | Cheliotomylos | Findspot Description: | | Cheliotomylos | Site: | | Corinth | City: | | Ancient Corinth | Country: | | Greece | References: | | Monument: Cheliotomylos
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