| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KT 24012 | |
| Title: | MALE PROTOME/MASK | |
| Category: | Minor Finds | |
| Category Code: | KT | |
| Object Number: | 24 | |
| Object Suffix: | 012 | |
| Description: | Mask or protome of a bearded male wearing a low polos over a wreath or mass of curled hair; large, spade-shaped beard with long pointed tuft of hair descending from lip and long pointed moustache. Likely represents Dionysos. Small hole for hanging at center between polos and wreath/hair. Back hollow. Features indistinct due to worn mold. | |
| Decoration: | White slip over all, traces of pink pigment on face and reddish brown on polos, wreath/hair, and beard. | |
| Mythology: | Likely Dionysos | |
| Material: | Medium very pale brown clay with frequent medium inclusions and few small voids | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 7/4 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete; white slip and pigment poorly preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | F23 M MM | |
| Weight Description: | 0.029 | |
| Weight: | 0.029 | |
| 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 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. XII, 16, p. 101 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 9 (pp. 8 - 9) |
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