Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KH 28 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF A FEMALE FACE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KH | |
Object Number: | 28 | |
Description: | Mould of a female head with wavy hair in knot above forehead, eyes and brow slope down at outer corners, long neck. Large pendant earrings and necklace of small, pointed pendants. Similar to a terracotta head from Kyrenaika (now in Madrid) (Laumonier, Catalogue des terres cuites du musee archeologique de Madrid, pl. XXXIV, I). Handmade from model. | |
Decoration: | Undecorated. | |
Material: | Fine, reddish-yellow clay with few fine, rounded inclusions and rare medium voids | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Four joining frgts, complete except for lower left neck, some damage to left side of face. | |
Manufacture: | F01 F HM | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.2, p. 99) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P21 | |
Provenance: | Corinth. | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Northwest Room, Deposit 3. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 30 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Basket: NB114 P21 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 15 (pp. 20 - 21) |