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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KH 37 | | Title: | | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF A FEMALE HEAD | | Category: | | Minor Finds | | Category Code: | | KH | | Object Number: | | 37 | | Description: | | Mould for a female head, facing forward with knot of hair over forehead, wearing round earrings and necklace. Face relatively round, facial features indistinct. Surface of hair varied by shallow, irregular grooves. Heavy pendant earrings; fold of drapery at lower neck. Similar to KH 29 (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 31), from Deposit 2. Handmade from model. | | Decoration: | | Undecorated. | | Material: | | Fine, very pale brown clay with few medium pink and white inclusions and few medium voids | | Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | | Condition: | | Missing parts. One frgt preserving most of head, except portion of upper hair on the right side. | | Manufacture: | | F01 F HM | | Period: | | 4th c. B.C. | | Chronology: | | ca. 350-325 B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 211), based on deposit | | Area: | | Potters' Quarter | | Context: | | NB114 P32 | | Provenance: | | Corinth. | | Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 4. | | Bibliography: | | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 39 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Basket: NB114 P32
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 21 (pp. 32 - 33)
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