| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 9236 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 9236 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade hollow backed figurine with full face with soft cheeks, large nose, small lips, and prominent chin. Small knob on right side probably earring. Similar to but larger than MF-530A and smaller than Prietess Type MF-11104 (Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. C263). | |
| Decoration: | White slip covers all of front and part of back. Gray paint on face. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with frequent medium to very large tabular rounded mudstone, few small platy rounded black, and frequent fine sparkling inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow), Paint: 10R 5/1 (reddish gray) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment of front lower half of head from below eyes to chin, small portion of lt side of neck. White slip and patchy gray paint prserved throughout piece. | |
| Manufacture: | F01 F MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.004 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.033, H. of the head 0.028, W. of head 0.030 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | late 3rd c. B.C. stylistically (Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. C263) or 1st half 2nd c. based on C48-10 SAH Coan (VG # 252) or after 30 B.C. based on coin of Corinth duoviri in Well XXII | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | NB199 B89 P161 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa Basket: NB199 B89 P161 Notebook Page: NB 199, spread 85 (pp. 160 - 161) |
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