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 |