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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | KH 83 | | Title: | | TERRACOTTA MOLD OF DISK WITH HEAD OF ATHENA PARTHENOS | | Category: | | Minor Finds | | Category Code: | | KH | | Object Number: | | 83 | | Description: | | Mould for a circular disk with raised border, surrounding head of Athena Parthenos. Head in very high relief, facing from font and wearing helmet with low triangular metopon, cheekpieces, and three crests, flanked by two smaller protuberances. Face round, with heavy chin; features indistinct. Heavy double necklace. Handmade from model. | | Decoration: | | Undecorated. | | Material: | | Fine reddish yellow to pink clay with few small, white inclusions and few small voids | | Munsell Color: | | 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) to 7.5YR 7/4 (pink) | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Complete. Surface flaking. | | 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 context | | Area: | | Potters' Quarter | | Context: | | NB114 P44 | | Provenance: | | Corinth. | | Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Court, Deposit 4. | | Bibliography: | | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 84 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 27 (pp. 44 - 45)
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