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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 10739 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: BIRD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 10739 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade perching dove with pointed beak, eye ridge, short thick neck, low short wide spread feet, round broad concave body tilted to rt, slight depression underneath, and narrowing to round flat tail. Fingerprints visible overall. Similar to KT41-14, KT41-9, and MF-8052 (Corinth XII p. 27 no. 57 pl. 4). | |
| Material: | Fine pink to reddish yellow clay with few fine sparkling, rare small tabular angular red, and few medium to very large tabular angular white inclusions and few small tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) and 7.5YR 8/4 (pink) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Two joining pieces. Excellent preservation. | |
| Manufacture: | F17 U HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.034, L. 0.045, W. 0.025, Th. 0.005-0.012 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 5th c. B.C. (Corinth XII no. 57 beneath Greek pavement agora ca. 450 B.C.) | |
| Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB232 B6 P150, LOT 0868 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Images (7) Basket: NB232 B6 P150 |
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