Corinth Object: CP 1519
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 1519
Title:   PLASTIC HEAD FROM BYZANTINE VASE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   1519
Description:   Freely projecting head of a bearded man with a single braid down back of head. Wears narrow-crowned hat with brim turned up in front. Rolling eyebrows, eyes indicated by dot and curve for lower lip. Pointed pinched nose. Long pointed beard.
Decoration:   Eyebrows, eyes, mouth and beard painted dark brown. Green around base of neck. Clear glaze over all.
Material:   Light reddish-buff clay.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., head, broken at base of neck, and at tip of hat.
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.085
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine ?
Area:   Early Excavations
Context:   Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Early Excavations
Image: bw 3212
Image: slide 1960 052 32
Basket: Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown