| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | A 1086 | |
| Title: | "COFFER" | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | A | |
| Object Number: | 1086 | |
| Description: | Section of face; dramatic mask of Old Slave type. Modelled details of face: bulging brow, flattened nose, right eye carved as a circle in high relief, open mouth outlined with thick continuous lip (lower lt. section of lip broken away). Tufts of hair grow up from top of head. Trace of beard preseved below right side of chin ? Othr related fragments: A 752, A 836-837, A 841, A 862-874, A 878, A 901, A 961-967, A 1025, A 1051, A 1080-1085, A 1087-1095, A 1983 1-8, A 1983 11-12, A 1985 1, A 1986 6-7, A 1988 12, A 1994 4. | |
| Material: | Fine-grained white marble. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Broken all around; back surface broken away. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. with relief 0.075, Th. background 0.05. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.185, W. 0.11. | |
| Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
| Area: | Athena Trench | |
| Context: | Athena Trench | |
| Findspot Description: | Found in wooden tray in sculpture apotheke marked "Shear Basement, coffer and fruit friezes" with A 1080-1085, 1087-1095, frgt joining S 957, S 3651-3656; inventoried by A. Ajootian, July 2007. A 1080-1091 probably from Athena Trench. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Athena Trench Image: bw 2007 022 10 Basket: Athena Trench |
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