Corinth Object: KH 29
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KH 29
Title:   TERRACOTTA MOLD OF FEMALE HEAD
Category:   Minor Finds
Category Code:   KH
Object Number:   29
Description:   Mould for a female head, facing forward with knot of hair over forehead, wearing earrings and necklace. Face relatively round, narrow depression under brow, straight nose, eyes and brows slope downward at outer corners. Surface of hair varied by shallow, irregular grooves. Heavy pendant earrings; necklace a single line of small round pendants with pointed ends. Similar to KH 28 (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 30), from Deposit 3. Handmade from model.
Decoration:   Undecorated.
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay with few small inclusions and few small voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete; some slight surface damage on exterior.
Manufacture:   F01 F HM
Weight Description:   0.031
Weight:   0.031
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 24)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P9
Provenance:   Corinth.
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter, Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 2
Bibliography:   Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 31
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 9 (pp. 8 - 9)