Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 10712 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DOG | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 10712 | |
Description: | Terracotta handmade solid dog with long pointed nose, small pinched lopsided ears, thin neck, short thick widespread front legs in inverted V shape, long torso, pinched back ridge, high flat curving tail, broken back legs oval in section. Similar to KT32-43, KT32-65, and KT32-10 (Corinth XV.2 Class XXV Middle Group p. 180 no. 4 pl. 39). | |
Decoration: | Black paint on tip of nose, eyes, ears, band around neck, two horizontal stripes across front legs, stripe across back from neck to tip of tail and down backside of tail. | |
Material: | Fine pink clay with frequent fine sparkling, and rare medium tabular rounded white inclusions and common fine to medium platy angular voids | |
Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 8/3 (pink), Paint: 7.5YR 4/1 (dark gray) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Two joining pieces missing right ear and both hind legs. Rough exterior. Heavily worn black paint. | |
Manufacture: | F11 U HM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.062, W. of torso 0.014, H. 0.047 | |
Period: | Classical | |
Chronology: | early 5th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class XXV Middle Group) | |
Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
Context: | NB232 B4 P146 | |
NB232 B2 P143, LOT 0864 | ||
LOT 0864 | ||
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 002 23 Basket: NB232 B2 P143 Basket: NB232 B4 P146 Notebook Page: NB 232, spread 76 (pp. 142 - 143) |