Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 3873 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: BANQUETER | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 3873 | |
Description: | Terracotta mouldmade banqueter reclining on lt. side on pillow, himation covering lt. arm and body ca. waist down with gathered folds around hips. Couch draped. Flat resting surface. Similar to MF-8437 and MF-4029 (Corinth XII, p.47 no. 292 pl. 24). | |
Decoration: | White slip present overall with red paint on figure, couch, and drapery folds. | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with frequent fine sparkling, rare small platy angular mica and few fine-large platy rounded white inclusions | |
Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Fragment. One piece preserving the figure from chest to thigh, broken at proper right angle. Base of kline preserved below. Back side broken. Traces of white slip and red paint preserved throughout. | |
Manufacture: | F06 M MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.030, Th. 0.006 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Chronology: | late 4th to mid 3rd c. B.C. stylistically (Corinth XII no. 292 Deposit II) or 107-98 B.C. based on C34-164 SAH Knidian (Grace 1985 VIA) or 172-151 B.C. based on coin of Roman Republic in Well X. | |
Area: | Forum southwest | |
Context: | NB143 P13 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southwest Basket: NB143 P13 |