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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KH 36 | | Title: | | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF A FEMALE FACE | | Category: | | Minor Finds | | Category Code: | | KH | | Object Number: | | 36 | | Description: | | Mold of a female face with high, wavy hair pulled into triangle above forehead. Eyebrows and outer corners of eyes sloping downward. Very straight nose. Long neck. Folds of drapery at lower neck. Similar to KH 35 from the same deposit (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, inv. 37) and KH 34 (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, inv. 36) from the court of the same building, as well as a life-size terracotta head from the Asklepeion (1933, AJA 37, pl. LII, 2) (V99?). Handmade from model. | | Decoration: | | Possible very pale brown slip | | Material: | | Fine, very pale brown clay with pink interior and few medium, subrounded inclusions and few medium voids | | Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown) | | Condition: | | Missing parts. Five joining frgts, complete except for large chip missing from back | | Manufacture: | | F01 F HM | | Period: | | 4th c. B.C. | | Chronology: | | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 37, p. 105) | | Area: | | Potters' Quarter | | Context: | | NB114 P21 | | Provenance: | | Corinth. | | Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 3 | | Bibliography: | | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 38 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Basket: NB114 P21
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 15 (pp. 20 - 21)
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