| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KT 24011 | |
| Title: | GROTESQUE BEARDED HEAD | |
| Category: | Minor Finds | |
| Category Code: | KT | |
| Object Number: | 24 | |
| Object Suffix: | 011 | |
| Description: | Figurine head of male, comic actor. Wears polos. Head (H. 0.027, without polos). Relatively square face with good head of shortish, smooth hair, thick on sides and coming to soft peak above forehead. Thick, level brows, round eyes, short, wide nose, wide, nearly closed mouth. Short, wide, smooth, somewhat pointed beard which juts outward. Peg projects from neck area for insertion. Solid. Mouldmade with handworked details (e.g. polos). Likely from KH 45 (from Deposit 3 of the Terracotta factory. Similar to KH-46. Mask N (MNC 3rd ed.), consider also Mask A. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with very rare fine sparkling inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Projection for insertion at bottom. | |
| Manufacture: | F08 M CO | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB114 P77 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth. | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, likely Deposit 8. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 12, p. 144; JHS 78, p. 174; Hesperia 29.3, p. 264, 267; MMC 2nd ed., p. 34, cat. AT 49b; MMC 3rd ed., p. 82, cat. AT 53b | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: bw 1999 002 03 Basket: NB114 P77 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 44 (pp. 76 - 77) |
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