| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KT 1104 | |
| Title: | SMALL FEMALE FIGURINE | |
| Category: | Minor Finds | |
| Category Code: | KT | |
| Object Number: | 1 | |
| Object Suffix: | 104 | |
| Description: | Small standing female figurine wearing long garment. Weight balanced between legs with feet pointing forward. Both arms bent at the elbows with hands outstretched, each hand holding a small disc (cake?) on open palm. Neck formed by pinching clay to back. Head formed from separate lump of clay. Mouth and nose very lsightly modled. Applied band with vertical incisions indicateds hair and forms small bun at back. | |
| Decoration: | Incised lines on chest indicated necklace with pendant. Insided vertical strokes indicated hair. Wide reddish purple band on chest and just above feet. Lips in red, hair in black. Discs held in hands have a dash of red paint. | |
| Material: | Fine pale brown clay with few fine inclusions and few small voids | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/2 (pale brown) 2.5Y 8/2 (pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Paint well preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | F01 F HM | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Chronology: | Late 6th c. B.C. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 28 | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB114 P86 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 8. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 29, p. 36 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 49 (pp. 86 - 87) |
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