cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/22.9.1
| Accession_Number | 22.9.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shape | Pappas figurine | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Pappas figurine consisting of a rectangular body, ovoid in cross-section, flaring at the base, with a concave resting surface. At the top of the body or trunk, two rudimentary 'arms' extend in triangular forms that terminate in rounded stumps; above, the neck rises in a cylinder from which (on the front) extends a protrusion that suggests a nose, above which is a flat piece of clay coiled back on itself, resting against a widening cylindrical 'polos' crown, which is concave at the top. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fabric | Boeotian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fabric_description | Dark reddish-orange clay | ||||||||||||||||||
| Munsell_color | 5YR 6/6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration | Black lines decorate the body in geometric patterns. Front, from bottom to top: vertical rays, two horizontal bands, 7 vertical rays; two horizontal bands; 6 vertical zigzags; 2 horizontal bands; 12 or 13 short rays; one horizontal band (across maximum width, where 'arms' are extended); necklace consisting of horizontal band with pendant (disk with line extending from bottom). Head decoration is limited to wavy hair (5 vertical zigzags all around), 7 rays on the polos, 3 horizontal bands on the coil; and two eyes, on either side of the 'nose'. Otherwise reserved. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Condition | Intact. Indentation at top has yellowish deposit in it, rim uneven. Front reveals scratches and small chips at ends of arms. Back has small patches of white deposit, across shoulders, neck and near base. Base is smooth but covered in white deposit. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Geometric; dark-on-light | ||||||||||||||||||
| Provenance | Probably from Greece | ||||||||||||||||||
| Period | Early Archaic | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 600-575 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Comparanda | Reading 49.4.26; cf. Ure 1934, pl. 31. See also BM Cat. 775. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Archive_Ref | reference 1 reference 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 17.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Other_dims. | W: top 2.2; body (max.) 7.6; body (min.) 3.9; base 6.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Myth and religion | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Georgina; Amy; Kinsey; Joana Varela | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 09.08.02; 13.05.04; 11.01.2006; 24.04.2017 |
