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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11535 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: DANCING GROUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11535 | |
| Description: | Terracotta solid handmade dancer from group moving in circle with arms joined around central standing flutist. Dancer has flat strip of clay applied tightly around front of head as polos, clay overfold from back to front as small head, small semi-circular face, broad neck, neck and head tilted to rt slightly, flattened chest, flat strip arms stretching toward other dancers, upper body tilted backward slightly, long cylindrical body pinched on sides near bottom creating bulge in back, extra stip of clay applied around bottom to secure to base. Fingerprints on lower body. 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 pink clay with few fine sparkling, rare ver large platy angular black, and few small to very large spherical angular white inclusions and rare medium tabular angular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 8/3 (pink) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single piece preserving dancer from head to feet. Missing most of both arms. Encrusted. Traces of white slip. | |
| Manufacture: | F32 HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. of body 0.012 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.075 | |
| 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: | NB247 P9 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | NB251 P97 for lot | |
| Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 006 29 Basket: NB247 P9 |
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