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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11529 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11529 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade dancer from group moving in circle with arms joined around central standing flutist. Dancer has thick wide strip of clay applied around front of head as polos tilted down on rt, thin clay overfold from back to front as head with protrusion at back, roughly semi-circular face, short wide neck attached to upper body with rounded join over chest, flattened chest, long flat strip arms stretching toward other dancers, and body oval in section. All front features pushed together. Very rough back. Similar to KT2-11 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 8 pl. 4) and KT2-7, 8, 9, 10 (Corinth XV.2 Class II p. 43 no. 4-7 pl. 4). | |
| Attributes: | Polos | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with few fine sparkling and few small tabular angular gray inclusions and rare small tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single piece preserving dancer from head to chest. Missing most of rt and all of lt arm. Traces of white slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.033 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | 4th c. B.C. (Corinth XV.2 Class II no. 8 Shrine of Double Stele 1st half of 4th c. B.C.) | |
| Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| Context: | NB232 B1 P143, LOT 0863 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Possibly picked up at earlier visit to site | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 006 25 Basket: NB232 B1 P143 |
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