| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 9231 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: MONKEY | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 9231 | |
| Description: | Terracotta mouldmade monkey with conical head, low brow, deep wrinkle in forehead curving around sunken narrow eyes, pug nose, jutting lower face, small downturned mouth, a slight ruff extends from sides of face, lt. shoulder juts out behind the head; position suggests monkey may have sat on haunches. Open back. Parallels for the monkey type exist MF69-399 (Corinth XVIII.4, p. 268, 277-278 no. V8 pl. 61), MF 75-31, and MF-5521 (Corinth XII, p. 27 no. 54 pl. 4) but the closest is MF69-20 but not at the detail of this piece. | |
| Decoration: | Covered in white slip with black paint on the head, face, and neck. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with few medium to very large tabular rounded white and frequent small tabular rounded black inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow), Paint: 10R 5/2 (weak red) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. One piece preserving head, part of lt. shoulder, broken at lower neck. Incrusted and worn surface. Covered in white slip and patchy black paint thoughout. | |
| Manufacture: | F31 U MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. of head 0.017 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.025 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | 3rd c. B.C. stylistically (later than Corinth XVIII.4 no. V8) or 200-178 B.C. based on a coin of Philip V from well XIX | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | NB200 B37 P327 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa Basket: NB200 B37 P327 Notebook Page: NB 199, spread 104 (pp. 198 - 199) Notebook Page: NB 200, spread 69 (pp. 327 - 328) Notebook Page: NB 200, spread 75 (pp. 339 - 340) |
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