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) |